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  "summary": "HS code 8537.20 covers boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 85.35 or 85.36, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 85.17, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V. It sits in heading 85.37 (boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 85.35 or 85.36, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 85.17) 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 85.37 are classified under 8537.10 (for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V). National tariff lines under 8537.20 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country).",
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      "question": "What does HS code 8537.20 cover?",
      "answer": "HS code 8537.20 covers boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 85.35 or 85.36, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 85.17, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which heading and chapter is HS code 8537.20 in?",
      "answer": "HS code 8537.20 is in heading 85.37 (boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 85.35 or 85.36, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 85.17) 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 85.37 classified when 8537.20 doesn’t fit?",
      "answer": "Other goods of heading 85.37 are classified under 8537.10 (for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V)."
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    {
      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 8537.20?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under 8537.20 are live on border.bot for the United States (2 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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        "HS code 8537.20 covers boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 85.35 or 85.36, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 85.17, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V.",
        "The legal text of the subheading is “For a voltage exceeding 1,000 V”, in HS2022."
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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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