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HTS 8502

Electric generating sets and rotary converters

15 lines US HTS, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines)
8502.11.00.00Of an output not exceeding 75 kVANo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.12.00.00Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVANo.2.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.13.00Of an output exceeding 375 kVA2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.13.00.20Exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 1,000 kVANo.2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.13.00.40Exceeding 1,000 kVANo.2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.20.00Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.20.00.30Of an output not exceeding 1.875 kVANo.2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.20.00.60Of an output exceeding 1.875 kVA but not exceeding 6.25 kVANo.2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.20.00.70Of an output exceeding 6.25 kVA but not exceeding 75 kVANo.2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.20.00.85Of an output exceeding 75 kVANo.2%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
Other generating sets
8502.31.00.00Wind-poweredNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.39.00Other2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.39.00.40Powered by steam turbineNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.39.00.80OtherNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8502.40.00.00Electric rotary convertersNo.3%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 8502 at USITC

Not shown: the additional duties of Chapter 99 (such as Section 301 and Section 232), anti-dumping and countervailing duties, quotas and the legal notes.

This page is general information, not legal advice and not a classification decision. Tariff texts and rates change: check the publisher's current schedule, and ask the customs authority for a binding ruling where the answer matters.

All headings of chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers