HTS heading · chapter 85
8537
Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517
Analysis
Heading 8537 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments…. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 10 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
1 of its 5 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (20%) and 4 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.7%. The median line pays 2.7%.
The largest subheadings are 8537.10 (for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V, 4 lines) and 8537.20 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 2.7% sits at the 74th percentile of the headings in chapter 85.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing (335313) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8537.10.30 | Assembled with outer housing or supports, for the goods of headings 8421, 8422, 8450 or 8516 | 2.7% |
| 8537.10.60 | Motor control centers | 2.7% |
| 8537.10.80 | Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called "touch screens") without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infra-red lights or other touch-sensitive technology) | Free |
| 8537.10.91 | Other: other | 2.7% |
| 8537.20.00 | For a voltage exceeding 1,000 V | 2.7% |