HTS heading · chapter 85
8533
Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors; parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8533 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors; parts thereof. It divides into 7 six-digit subheadings and 9 eight-digit tariff lines, with 25 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 9 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 8533.40 (other variable resistors, including rheostats and…, 2 lines), 8533.90 (parts, 2 lines), 8533.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8533.21 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 29th percentile of the headings in chapter 85.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing (334416), Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (335931) and Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8533.10.00 | Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types | Free |
| 8533.21.00 | For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W | Free |
| 8533.29.00 | Other fixed resistors: other | Free |
| 8533.31.00 | For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W | Free |
| 8533.39.00 | Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers: other | Free |
| 8533.40.40 | Metal oxide varistors | Free |
| 8533.40.80 | Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers: other | Free |
| 8533.90.40 | For the goods of subheading 8533.40, of ceramic or metallic materials, electrically or mechanically reactive to changes in temperature | Free |
| 8533.90.80 | Parts: other | Free |