HTS heading · chapter 85
8545
Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes
Analysis
Heading 8545 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 8 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 6 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 8545.19 (other, 2 lines), 8545.90 (other, 2 lines), 8545.11 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8545.20 (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 Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing (335991). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8545.11.00 | Of a kind used for furnaces | Free |
| 8545.19.20 | Of a kind used for electrolytic purposes | Free |
| 8545.19.40 | Other: other | Free |
| 8545.20.00 | Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes: brushes | Free |
| 8545.90.20 | Other: arc light carbons | Free |
| 8545.90.40 | Other: other | Free |