Analysis
HTS 8504.40.95 covers static converters: other under heading 8504 (electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 12 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
The ten-digit suffixes separate with a power output not exceeding 50 W, with a power output exceeding 50 W but…, with a power output exceeding 150 W but…, of a capacity not exceeding 200 W, of a capacity exceeding 200 W but not… and of a capacity exceeding 650 W but not… and 2 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8504.40.95.10 | With a power output not exceeding 50 W | No. | 335999 |
| 8504.40.95.20 | With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 W | No. | 335999 |
| 8504.40.95.30 | With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 W | No. | 335999 |
| 8504.40.95.40 | Other | No. | 335999 |
| 8504.40.95.50 | Other | No. | 334419 |
| 8504.40.95.71 | Of a capacity not exceeding 200 W | No. | |
| 8504.40.95.73 | Of a capacity exceeding 200 W but not exceeding 650 W | No. | |
| 8504.40.95.75 | Of a capacity exceeding 650 W but not exceeding 20,000 W | No. | |
| 8504.40.95.77 | Of a capacity exceeding 20,000 W but not exceeding 125,000 W | No. | |
| 8504.40.95.78 | Of a capacity exceeding 125,000 W but not exceeding 1,000,000 W | No. | |
| 8504.40.95.79 | Other | No. | |
| 8504.40.95.80 | Other | No. | 334419 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8504.40.40 | Speed drive controllers for electric motors | Free |
| 8504.40.60 | Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471 | Free |
| 8504.40.70 | Power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471; power supplies for goods of subheading 8443.31 or 8443.32; power supplies for monitors of subheading 8528.42 or 8528.52 or projectors of subheading 8528.62: other | Free |
| 8504.40.85 | For telecommunication apparatus | Free |