HTS heading · chapter 85
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
Analysis
Heading 8511 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers 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…. It divides into 7 six-digit subheadings and 11 eight-digit tariff lines, with 13 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
2 of its 11 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (18%) and 9 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.1%. The median line pays 2.5%.
The largest subheadings are 8511.80 (other equipment, 3 lines), 8511.90 (parts, 3 lines), 8511.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8511.20 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 2.5% sits at the 67th percentile of the headings in chapter 85.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing (336320). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8511.10.00 | 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: spark plugs | 2.5% |
| 8511.20.00 | Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels | 2.5% |
| 8511.30.00 | Distributors; ignition coils | 2.5% |
| 8511.40.00 | Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators | 2.5% |
| 8511.50.00 | 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: other generators | 2.5% |
| 8511.80.20 | Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems | 2.5% |
| 8511.80.40 | Voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays: other | Free |
| 8511.80.60 | Other equipment: other | 2.5% |
| 8511.90.20 | Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems | 3.1% |
| 8511.90.40 | Of voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays: other | Free |
| 8511.90.60 | Parts: other parts | 2.5% |