HTS heading · chapter 85
8536
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V; connectors for optical fibers, optical fiber bundles or cables
Analysis
Heading 8536 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and…. It divides into 10 six-digit subheadings and 16 eight-digit tariff lines, with 43 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
9 of its 16 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (56%) and 7 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.7%. The median line pays duty-free.
The largest subheadings are 8536.50 (other switches, 3 lines), 8536.90 (other apparatus, 3 lines), 8536.30 (other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, 2 lines) and 8536.69 (other, 2 lines).
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 Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (335931), Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314) and Electronic Connector Manufacturing (334417). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8536.10.00 | Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V; connectors for optical fibers, optical fiber bundles or cables: fuses | 2.7% |
| 8536.20.00 | Automatic circuit breakers | 2.7% |
| 8536.30.40 | Motor overload protectors | Free |
| 8536.30.80 | Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits: other | Free |
| 8536.41.00 | For a voltage not exceeding 60 V | 2.7% |
| 8536.49.00 | Relays: other | 2.7% |
| 8536.50.40 | Other switches: motor starters | Free |
| 8536.50.70 | Electronic AC switches consisting of optically coupled input and output circuits (insulated thyristor AC switches); electronic switches, including temperature protected switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic chip (chip-on-chip technology); electromechanical snap-action switches for a current not exceeding 11 amps | Free |
| 8536.50.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 8536.61.00 | Lamp-holders, plugs and sockets: lamp-holders | 2.7% |
| 8536.69.40 | Coaxial connectors; cylindrical multicontact connectors; rack and panel connectors; printed circuit connectors; ribbon or flat cable connectors | Free |
| 8536.69.80 | Other: other | 2.7% |
| 8536.70.00 | Connectors for optical fibers, optical fiber bundles or cables | Free |
| 8536.90.40 | Terminals, electrical splices and electrical couplings; wafer probers | Free |
| 8536.90.60 | Battery clamps of a kind used in motor vehicles of heading 8702, 8703, 8704 or 8711 | 2.7% |
| 8536.90.85 | Other apparatus: other | Free |