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HTS 8538

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537

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

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
8538.10.00.00Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatusNo.Free35%USITC
8538.90OtherUSITC
Printed circuit assemblies
8538.90.10.00Of an article of heading 8537 for one of the articles described in additional U.S. note 11 to chapter 85No.Free35%USITC
8538.90.30.00OtherNo.3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8538.90.40.00Other, for the articles of subheading 8535.90.40, 8536.30.40 or 8536.50.40, of ceramic or metallic materials, electrically or mechanically reactive to changes in temperatureNo.3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
Other
8538.90.60.00Molded partskg3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8538.90.81Other3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8538.90.81.20Of automatic circuit breakersNo.3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
Other
8538.90.81.40Metal contactskg3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8538.90.81.60Other parts of switchgear, switchboards, panel boards and distribution boardsNo.3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8538.90.81.80OtherNo.3.5%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,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 8538 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