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  "summary": "HS code 8502.31 covers other generating sets, wind-powered. It sits in heading 85.02 (electric generating sets and rotary converters) in chapter 85 (electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles). Other goods of heading 85.02 are classified under 8502.11 (generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output not exceeding 75 kVA), 8502.12 (generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA), 8502.13 (generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375 kVA), 8502.20 (generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines) or 2 others. National tariff lines under 8502.31 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).",
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      "question": "What does HS code 8502.31 cover?",
      "answer": "HS code 8502.31 covers other generating sets, wind-powered."
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    {
      "question": "Which heading and chapter is HS code 8502.31 in?",
      "answer": "HS code 8502.31 is in heading 85.02 (electric generating sets and rotary converters) in chapter 85 (electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles)."
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      "question": "Where are goods of heading 85.02 classified when 8502.31 doesn’t fit?",
      "answer": "Other goods of heading 85.02 are classified under 8502.11 (generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output not exceeding 75 kVA), 8502.12 (generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA), 8502.13 (generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375 kVA), 8502.20 (generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines) or 2 others."
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      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 8502.31?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under 8502.31 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country)."
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        "8502.31 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 85, are the chapter; the first four, 8502, are heading 85.02; the last two, 31, identify the subheading within the heading.",
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        "This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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