Import duty / Chapter 85
48 headings and 296 tariff lines in section XVI; 182 lines clear duty-free under USMCA for North American origin goods. Each heading lists its lines with the published US and Canadian rates, verified October 2026.
Ship chapter 85 goods: instant rate →Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)
17 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Electric generating sets and rotary converters
7 lines · 7 USMCA-free
Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502
1 line · 0 USMCA-free
Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors
11 lines · 7 USMCA-free
Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads
4 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Cells and batteries; primary
7 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)
7 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Vacuum cleaners
4 lines · 4 USMCA-free
Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.
3 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor
4 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Ignition or starting equipment; used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines; generators and cut outs used in conjunction with such engines
7 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Lighting or visual signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading no. 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters; electrical, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles
5 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (e.g. dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512
2 lines · 0 USMCA-free
Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those functioning by induction or dielectric loss); other industrial or laboratory equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss
8 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering, brazing, welding machines and apparatus, capable or not of cutting, electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or sintered carbides
8 lines · 7 USMCA-free
Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; hand dryers, irons; electro-thermic appliances for domestic purposes; electro heating resistors, not of heading no. 8545
14 lines · 10 USMCA-free
Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528
9 lines · 9 USMCA-free
Microphones and their stands; loudspeakers, mounted or not in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, combined or not with a microphone, and sets of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency and electric sound amplifiers and sets
8 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Sound recording or reproducing apparatus
4 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Video recording or reproducing apparatus
2 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Sound or video recording apparatus; parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521
2 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, excluding products of Chapter 37
8 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens
6 lines · 4 USMCA-free
Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders
6 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus
3 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.
8 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus
9 lines · 4 USMCA-free
Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528
2 lines · 0 USMCA-free
Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608
3 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Signalling apparatus; electric sound or visual (e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), excluding those of heading no. 8512 or 8530
4 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Electrical capacitors; fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)
9 lines · 9 USMCA-free
Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), excluding heating resistors
7 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Circuits; printed
1 line · 1 USMCA-free
Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts
6 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
10 lines · 6 USMCA-free
Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 for electricity control and distribution, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517)
2 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537
2 lines · 1 USMCA-free
Lamps; electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) light sources
12 lines · 8 USMCA-free
Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g. vacuum, vapour, gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-ray and television camera tubes)
11 lines · 4 USMCA-free
Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals
12 lines · 11 USMCA-free
Electronic integrated circuits
5 lines · 5 USMCA-free
Electrical machines and apparatus; having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
6 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not; optical fibre cables of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
8 lines · 5 USMCA-free
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
4 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Electrical insulators of any material
3 lines · 3 USMCA-free
Insulating fittings; for electrical machines, appliances, equipment, excluding insulators of heading no. 8546, electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore
3 lines · 2 USMCA-free
Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus; not specified or elsewhere included in this chapter
1 line · 1 USMCA-free
Electrical and electronic waste and scrap
11 lines · 9 USMCA-free
This page is a free reference for shippers, not a customs ruling. Final classification and duty are determined by the licensed customs broker at entry, and government amounts are always billed at actual. Rates change with each tariff edition and trade action.
