HTS tariff line · chapter 85
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
Analysis
HTS 8536.10.00 covers electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays… under heading 8536 (electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8536.90.85 (other apparatus: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 85 (74th percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 8536.10.00.20 for glass cartridge and 8536.10.00.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 13.0 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.7%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |