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HTS 8533

Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors; parts thereof

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

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
8533.10.00Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film typesFree35%USITC
Designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contact
8533.10.00.20Having more than two terminals (resistor networks)No.Free35%USITC
8533.10.00.42Having two terminalsNo.Free35%USITC
8533.10.00.57Having more than two leads (resistor networks)No.Free35%USITC
Other
8533.10.00.60Carbon compositionNo.Free35%USITC
8533.10.00.65Carbon filmNo.Free35%USITC
Other fixed resistors
8533.21.00For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 WFree35%USITC
Designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contact
Having more than two terminals (resistor networks)
8533.21.00.10Dual-in-line packageNo.Free35%USITC
8533.21.00.20Other (including flat packs)No.Free35%USITC
Having two terminals
8533.21.00.30Flat resistor chipsNo.Free35%USITC
8533.21.00.40Cylindrical leadless resistors (including metal film, metal oxide and thick cement film)No.Free35%USITC
Having more than two leads (resistor networks)
8533.21.00.50Single-in-lineNo.Free35%USITC
8533.21.00.60Dual-in-lineNo.Free35%USITC
8533.21.00.70OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8533.21.00.80WirewoundNo.Free35%USITC
8533.21.00.90Other (including metal film, metal oxide and thick cement film)No.Free35%USITC
8533.29.00.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers
8533.31.00.00For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 WNo.Free35%USITC
8533.39.00OtherFree35%USITC
8533.39.00.40DimmersNo.Free35%USITC
8533.39.00.80OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8533.40Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometersUSITC
8533.40.40.00Metal oxide varistorsNo.Free35%USITC
8533.40.80OtherFree35%USITC
8533.40.80.40Rheostat and resistor type motor starters and controllersNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8533.40.80.50CermetNo.Free35%USITC
8533.40.80.60Metal glazeNo.Free35%USITC
8533.40.80.70OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8533.90PartsUSITC
8533.90.40.00For the goods of subheading 8533.40, of ceramic or metallic materials, electrically or mechanically reactive to changes in temperatureNo.Free35%USITC
8533.90.80.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 8533 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