Electrical Machinery and Equipment · 14 court cases · $2731.0M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC
General
Free
Special
Free
Column 2
Free
Trade Agreement Eligibility
Monthly Imports
$2731.0M
2026-01
Trade Concentration
100%
from top 3 of 1 origins
Regulatory Pressure
HIGH
1 rulings — · 0 reg · 13 CIT, 1 CAFC (2 recent)
Global Rates
🇺🇸 Free
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: N/A · 🇧🇷 Brazil: N/A
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Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, CBP CROSS Rulings, CourtListener, CPSC SaferProducts.gov · As of 2026-04-29 · Updates monthly
This code has elevated regulatory activity — 1 CBP rulings (0 in last 2 years, trend: stable), 0 pending Federal Register actions, and 14 CIT/CAFC cases.
100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.
This is a high-volume import code — $2731M in monthly US imports. Duty rate changes or trade remedy actions on this code have significant economic impact.
List 1 — ~$34B of Chinese goods (machinery, electronics, industrial components)
Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.
Effective 2018-07-06
These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →
| Code | Description | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8504.10.00.00 | Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes | 3% |
| 8504.21.00 | Having a power handling capacity not exceeding <il>650 kVA</il> | Free |
| 8504.21.00.20 | Having a power handling capacity not exceeding <il>50 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.21.00.40 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>50 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>100 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.21.00.60 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>100 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>500 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.21.00.80 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>500 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>650 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.22.00 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>650 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>10,000 kVA</il> | Free |
| 8504.22.00.40 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>650 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>2,500 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.22.00.80 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>2,500 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>10,000 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.23.00 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>10,000 kVA</il> | 1.6% |
| 8504.23.00.41 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>10,000 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>59,999 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.23.00.45 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>59,999 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>100,000 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.23.00.80 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>100,000 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.31 | Having a power handling capacity not exceeding <il>1 kVA</il>: | — |
| 8504.31.20.00 | Unrated | Free |
| 8504.31.40 | Having a power handling capacity less than <il>1 kVA</il> | 6.6% |
| 8504.31.40.35 | Having a power handling capacity less than <il>40 VA</il> | — |
| 8504.31.40.65 | Having a power handling capacity <il>40 VA</il> or greater | — |
| 8504.31.60.00 | Having a power handling capacity of <il>1 kVA</il> | 1.6% |
| 8504.32.00.00 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>1 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>16 kVA</il> | 2.4% |
| 8504.33.00 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>16 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>500 kVA</il> | 1.6% |
| 8504.33.00.20 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>16 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>50 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.33.00.40 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>50 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>500 kVA</il> | — |
| 8504.34.00.00 | Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>500 kVA</il> | 1.6% |
| 8504.40 | Static converters: | — |
| 8504.40.40.00 | Speed drive controllers for electric motors | Free |
| 8504.40.60 | Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471 | Free |
| 8504.40.60.01 | With a power output not exceeding <il>50 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.60.07 | With a power output exceeding <il>50 W</il> but not exceeding <il>150 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.60.12 | With a power output exceeding <il>150 W</il> but not exceeding <il>500 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.60.18 | Other | — |
| 8504.40.70 | Other | Free |
| 8504.40.70.01 | With a power output not exceeding <il>50 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.70.07 | With a power output exceeding <il>50 W</il> but not exceeding <il>150 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.70.12 | With a power output exceeding <il>150 W</il> but not exceeding <il>500 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.70.18 | Other | — |
| 8504.40.85.00 | For telecommunication apparatus | Free |
| 8504.40.95 | Other | Free |
| 8504.40.95.10 | With a power output not exceeding <il>50 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.95.20 | With a power output exceeding <il>50 W</il> but not exceeding <il>150 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.95.30 | With a power output exceeding <il>150 W</il> but not exceeding <il>500 W</il> | — |
| 8504.40.95.40 | Other | — |
| 8504.40.95.50 | Other | — |
| 8504.40.95.70 | Inverters | — |
| 8504.40.95.80 | Other | — |
| 8504.50 | Other inductors: | — |
| 8504.50.40.00 | For power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471; power supplies for goods of subheading 8443.31 or 8443.32; power supplies for monitors of subheading 8528.42 or 8528.52 or projectors of subheading 8528.62; for telecommunication apparatus | Free |
| 8504.50.80.00 | Other | Free |
| 8504.90 | Parts: | — |
| 8504.90.20.00 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8504.90.41.00 | Other | Free |
| 8504.90.65.00 | Of the goods of subheading 8504.40 or 8504.50 for telecommunication apparatus | Free |
| 8504.90.75.00 | Other | Free |
| 8504.90.96 | Other | Free |
| 8504.90.96.10 | For transformers | — |
| 8504.90.96.30 | Other | — |
| 8504.90.96.34 | Laminations for incorporation into stacked cores | — |
| 8504.90.96.38 | Stacked cores for incorporation into transformers | — |
| 8504.90.96.42 | Wound cores for incorporation into transformers | — |
| 8504.90.96.46 | Other | — |
| 8504.90.96.50 | Of static converters | — |
| 8504.90.96.90 | Other | — |
The tariff classification of a regulator & rectifier from an unspecified country
BALLASTS FOR DISCHARGE LAMPS OR TUBES
Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.
