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

HTS heading 8504: Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof

68 numbered lines under heading 8504, including 54 10-digit statistical lines. The first six digits are the international HS subheading; the general column is the normal US duty rate.

HTS heading 8504
HTS codeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2
8504Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof:
8504.10.00.00Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubesNo.3%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%
Liquid dielectric transformers:
8504.21.00Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kVAFree35%
8504.21.00.20Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 50 kVANo., kg
8504.21.00.40Having a power handling capacity exceeding 50 kVA but not exceeding 100 kVANo., kg
8504.21.00.60Having a power handling capacity exceeding 100 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVANo., kg
8504.21.00.80Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA but not exceeding 650 kVANo., kg
8504.22.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 10,000 kVAFree35%
8504.22.00.40Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 2,500 kVANo., kg
8504.22.00.80Having a power handling capacity exceeding 2,500 kVA but not exceeding 10,000 kVANo., kg
8504.23.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA1.6%Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%
8504.23.00.41Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA but not exceeding 59,999 kVANo., kg
8504.23.00.45Having a power handling capacity exceeding 59,999 kVA but not exceeding 100,000 kVANo., kg
8504.23.00.80Having a power handling capacity exceeding 100,000 kVANo., kg
Other transformers:
8504.31Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA:
8504.31.20.00UnratedNo.Free35%
Other:
8504.31.40Having a power handling capacity less than 1 kVA6.6%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%
8504.31.40.35Having a power handling capacity less than 40 VANo.
8504.31.40.65Having a power handling capacity 40 VA or greaterNo.
8504.31.60.00Having a power handling capacity of 1 kVANo.1.6%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%
8504.32.00.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVANo., kg2.4%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%
8504.33.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA1.6%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%
8504.33.00.20Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 50 kVANo., kg
8504.33.00.40Having a power handling capacity exceeding 50 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVANo., kg
8504.34.00.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVANo., kg1.6%Free (A,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%
8504.40Static converters:
8504.40.40.00Speed drive controllers for electric motorsNo.Free35%
Power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471; power supplies for goods of subheading 8443.31 or 8443.32; power supplies for monitors of subheading 8528.42 or 8528.52 or projectors of subheading 8528.62:
8504.40.60Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471Free35%
8504.40.60.01With a power output not exceeding 50 WNo.
8504.40.60.07With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 WNo.
8504.40.60.12With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 WNo.
8504.40.60.18OtherNo.
8504.40.70OtherFree35%
8504.40.70.01With a power output not exceeding 50 WNo.
8504.40.70.07With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 WNo.
8504.40.70.12With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 WNo.
8504.40.70.18OtherNo.
8504.40.85.00For telecommunication apparatusNo.Free35%
8504.40.95OtherFree35%
Rectifiers and rectifying apparatus:
Power supplies:
8504.40.95.10With a power output not exceeding 50 WNo.
8504.40.95.20With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 WNo.
8504.40.95.30With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 WNo.
8504.40.95.40OtherNo.
8504.40.95.50OtherNo.
Inverters:
8504.40.95.71Of a capacity not exceeding 200 WNo.
8504.40.95.73Of a capacity exceeding 200 W but not exceeding 650 WNo.
8504.40.95.75Of a capacity exceeding 650 W but not exceeding 20,000 WNo.
8504.40.95.77Of a capacity exceeding 20,000 W but not exceeding 125,000 WNo.
8504.40.95.78Of a capacity exceeding 125,000 W but not exceeding 1,000,000 WNo.
8504.40.95.79OtherNo.
8504.40.95.80OtherNo.
8504.50Other inductors:
8504.50.40.00For power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471; power supplies for goods of subheading 8443.31 or 8443.32; power supplies for monitors of subheading 8528.42 or 8528.52 or projectors of subheading 8528.62; for telecommunication apparatusNo.Free35%
8504.50.80.00OtherNo.Free35%
8504.90Parts:
Of power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471; of power supplies for goods of subheading 8443.31 or 8443.32; of power supplies for monitors of subheading 8528.42 or 8528.52 or projectors of subheading 8528.62:
8504.90.20.00Printed circuit assembliesNo.Free35%
8504.90.41.00OtherNo.Free35%
Other:
Printed circuit assemblies:
8504.90.65.00Of the goods of subheading 8504.40 or 8504.50 for telecommunication apparatusNo.Free35%
8504.90.75.00OtherNo.Free35%
8504.90.96OtherFree35%
Ferrites:
8504.90.96.10For transformersNo.
8504.90.96.30OtherNo.
Other parts:
Of transformers:
8504.90.96.34Laminations for incorporation into stacked coresNo., kg
8504.90.96.38Stacked cores for incorporation into transformersNo., kg
8504.90.96.42Wound cores for incorporation into transformersNo., kg
8504.90.96.46OtherNo., kg
8504.90.96.50Of static convertersNo.
8504.90.96.90OtherNo.

Statistical (10-digit) lines without a rate use the rate of the 8-digit line above them. Additional duties such as Section 301 and Section 232 may apply; check them with the tariff checker.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 2026 HTS Revision 20 (effective 2026-09-28), U.S. International Trade Commission (hts.usitc.gov), imported 2026-10-07. Reference only; not legal or customs advice or a binding classification. Additional duties under Chapter 99 may apply. ShipWave is not affiliated with the USITC or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.