Section XVI · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV apparatus
8545.19
Other:
Chapter
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV apparatus
Heading
The product family within the chapter
Subheading
The specific good, identical worldwide
The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. The United States adds two more for the tariff rate and, often, two more for statistics — which is why the rates below are listed against 8- and 10-digit numbers rather than against this code.
How the schedule reaches this code
- 85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV apparatus
- 8545Carbon 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:
- Electrodes:
- Other:
Published US duty rates
Duty is set at the 8- or 10-digit line, not at this 6-digit subheading, so more than one rate can sit under this code.
- 8545.19.20.00Of a kind used for electrolytic purposeskg
- General
- Free
- Special (FTA)
- —
- Column 2
- 45%
No preferential rate published.
Countries without normal trade relations.
- 8545.19.40.00Otherkg
- General
- Free
- Special (FTA)
- —
- Column 2
- 45%
No preferential rate published.
Countries without normal trade relations.
Schedule footnotes
- See 9903.88.03.
A reference to Chapter 99 means an additional action — a Section 232 or 301 measure, an exclusion, or a quota — applies on top of the rate above.
This is the listed rate. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Chapter 99 actions and preference qualification all change what is actually collected, and classification is a judgement about your goods. Verify with your licensed customs broker before you file.
Other subheadings in heading 8545
Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21, published at hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work in the public domain.