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 8516: Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electro…
55 numbered lines under heading 8516, including 43 10-digit statistical lines. The first six digits are the international HS subheading; the general column is the normal US duty rate.
| HTS code | Description | Unit | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8516 | Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric flatirons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545; parts thereof: | ||||
| 8516.10.00 | Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters | Free | 35% | ||
| 8516.10.00.40 | Storage water heaters | No. | |||
| 8516.10.00.80 | Other water heaters and immersion heaters | No. | |||
| Electric space heating apparatus and electric soil heating apparatus: | |||||
| 8516.21.00.00 | Storage heating radiators | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.29.00 | Other | 3.7% | Free (A,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% | |
| Portable space heaters: | |||||
| 8516.29.00.30 | Fan-forced | No. | |||
| 8516.29.00.60 | Other | No. | |||
| 8516.29.00.90 | Other | No. | |||
| Electrothermic hairdressing or hand-drying apparatus: | |||||
| 8516.31.00.00 | Hair dryers | No. | 3.9% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% |
| 8516.32.00 | Other hairdressing apparatus | 3.9% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% | |
| 8516.32.00.20 | Curlers | No. | |||
| 8516.32.00.40 | Other | No. | |||
| 8516.33.00.00 | Hand-drying apparatus | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.40 | Electric flatirons: | ||||
| 8516.40.20.00 | Travel type | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.40.40.00 | Other | No. | 2.8% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 40% |
| 8516.50.00 | Microwave ovens | 2% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% | |
| 8516.50.00.30 | Having a capacity not exceeding 22.5 liters | No. | |||
| 8516.50.00.60 | Having a capacity exceeding 22.5 liters but not exceeding 31.0 liters | No. | |||
| 8516.50.00.90 | Having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters | No. | |||
| 8516.60 | Other ovens; cooking stoves, ranges, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters: | ||||
| 8516.60.40 | Cooking stoves, ranges and ovens | Free | 35% | ||
| 8516.60.40.60 | Microwave oven combinations | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8516.60.40.70 | Portable | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8516.60.40.74 | Of a maximum width not exceeding 70 centimeters | No. | |||
| Of a maximum width exceeding 70 centimeters: | |||||
| 8516.60.40.78 | Containing a gas fueled cooktop | No. | |||
| 8516.60.40.82 | Containing a radiant heated cooktop | No. | |||
| 8516.60.40.86 | Other | No. | |||
| 8516.60.60.00 | Other | No. | 2.7% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 40% |
| Other electrothermic appliances: | |||||
| 8516.71.00 | Coffee or tea makers | 3.7% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 40% | |
| Coffee makers: | |||||
| 8516.71.00.20 | Automatic drip and pump type | No. | |||
| 8516.71.00.40 | Percolator | No. | |||
| 8516.71.00.60 | Other | No. | |||
| 8516.71.00.80 | Other | No. | |||
| 8516.72.00.00 | Toasters | No. | 5.3% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 40% |
| 8516.79.00.00 | Other | No. | 2.7% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 40% |
| 8516.80 | Electric heating resistors: | ||||
| 8516.80.40.00 | Assembled only with simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or deicing | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.80.80.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.90 | Parts: | ||||
| 8516.90.05.00 | Of heaters or heating apparatus of subheading 8516.10, 8516.21 or 8516.29 | No. | 3.7% | Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% |
| 8516.90.15.00 | Housings for the hand-drying apparatus of subheading 8516.33 | No. | 3.9% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% |
| 8516.90.25.00 | Housings and steel bases for the electric flatirons of subheading 8516.40 | No. | 3.9% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% |
| Parts for the microwave ovens of subheading 8516.50: | |||||
| 8516.90.35.00 | Assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: cooking chamber; structural supporting chassis; door; outer case | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.90.45.00 | Printed circuit assemblies | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.90.50.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| Parts for the cooking stoves, ranges and ovens of subheading 8516.60.40: | |||||
| 8516.90.55.00 | Cooking chambers, whether or not assembled | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.90.65.00 | Top surface panels with or without heating elements or controls | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.90.75.00 | Door assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: inner panel; outer panel; window; insulation | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8516.90.80 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 8516.90.80.10 | Shelving and racks for cooking stoves and ranges | No. | |||
| 8516.90.80.50 | Other | No. | |||
| 8516.90.85.00 | Housings for toasters | No. | 3.9% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% |
| 8516.90.90.00 | Other | No. | 3.9% | Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 35% |
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