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 8533: Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors; parts thereof
32 numbered lines under heading 8533, including 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8533 | Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors; parts thereof: | ||||
| 8533.10.00 | Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types | Free | 35% | ||
| Designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contact: | |||||
| 8533.10.00.20 | Having more than two terminals (resistor networks) | No. | |||
| 8533.10.00.42 | Having two terminals | No. | |||
| 8533.10.00.57 | Having more than two leads (resistor networks) | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8533.10.00.60 | Carbon composition | No. | |||
| 8533.10.00.65 | Carbon film | No. | |||
| Other fixed resistors: | |||||
| 8533.21.00 | For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W | Free | 35% | ||
| Designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contact: | |||||
| Having more than two terminals (resistor networks): | |||||
| 8533.21.00.10 | Dual-in-line package | No. | |||
| 8533.21.00.20 | Other (including flat packs) | No. | |||
| Having two terminals: | |||||
| 8533.21.00.30 | Flat resistor chips | No. | |||
| 8533.21.00.40 | Cylindrical leadless resistors (including metal film, metal oxide and thick cement film) | No. | |||
| Having more than two leads (resistor networks): | |||||
| 8533.21.00.50 | Single-in-line | No. | |||
| 8533.21.00.60 | Dual-in-line | No. | |||
| 8533.21.00.70 | Other | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8533.21.00.80 | Wirewound | No. | |||
| 8533.21.00.90 | Other (including metal film, metal oxide and thick cement film) | No. | |||
| 8533.29.00.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers: | |||||
| 8533.31.00.00 | For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8533.39.00 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 8533.39.00.40 | Dimmers | No. | |||
| 8533.39.00.80 | Other | No. | |||
| 8533.40 | Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers: | ||||
| 8533.40.40.00 | Metal oxide varistors | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8533.40.80 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 8533.40.80.40 | Rheostat and resistor type motor starters and controllers | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8533.40.80.50 | Cermet | No. | |||
| 8533.40.80.60 | Metal glaze | No. | |||
| 8533.40.80.70 | Other | No. | |||
| 8533.90 | Parts: | ||||
| 8533.90.40.00 | For the goods of subheading 8533.40, of ceramic or metallic materials, electrically or mechanically reactive to changes in temperature | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8533.90.80.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% |
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.
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