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HTS 8511

Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, spark plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof

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

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
8511.10.00.00Spark plugshundreds2.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.20.00.00Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheelsNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.30.00Distributors; ignition coils2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.30.00.40DistributorsNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.30.00.80Ignition coilsNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.40.00.00Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generatorsNo.2.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.50.00.00Other generatorsNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.80Other equipmentUSITC
Voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays
8511.80.20.00Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systemsNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)25%USITC
8511.80.40.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8511.80.60.00Otherkg2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.90PartsUSITC
Of voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays
8511.90.20.00Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systemskg3.1%Free (A,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)25%USITC
8511.90.40.00OtherkgFree35%USITC
8511.90.60Other parts2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.90.60.20Distributor contact (breaker point) setsNo.2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8511.90.60.40Otherkg2.5%Free (A,AU,B,BH,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 8511 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.

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