Chapter 85, Electrical machinery and electronics / Heading 8516

HTS 8516.10.00.80: Other water heaters and immersion heaters

Schedule text: Other water heaters and immersion heaters. Classification: Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric flatirons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545; parts thereof › Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters › Other water heaters and immersion heaters

General rate of duty

Free

Column 1, USITC schedule

From China, all in

20%

Priced live by the Gateway engine

Section 301 China

7.5%

List 4A

Forced labor 301

12.5%

9903.05.31

How the rate is built

Each line is a separate legal authority. They stack on the $10,000 customs value unless a carve-out says otherwise.

ProgramRateAmount
General rate of duty (Column 1)
Official rate: Free
8516.10.00.80
0%$0.00
Section 301 China (List 4A)
7.5%$750.00
Section 301 forced labor
9903.05.31
12.5%$1,250.00
Effective duty rate
20%$2,000.00

Stack priced from China on a $10,000 customs value, ocean entry. Other origins carry different programs; the calculator prices any of them.

Related lines

Statistical lines under the same 8-digit heading share one legal rate; the last two digits report statistics.

  • 8516.10.00Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters (rate line, Free)
  • 8516.10.00.40Storage water heaters

Questions about this example

What is HTS code 8516.10.00.80?
HTS 8516.10.00.80 covers other water heaters and immersion heaters; the schedule's own line text is "Other water heaters and immersion heaters". Its full classification path in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is: Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric flatirons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545; parts thereof › Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters › Other water heaters and immersion heaters. It sits in chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and electronics) under heading 8516.
What is the general duty rate for HTS 8516.10.00.80?
The Column 1 general rate of duty is Free. That is the most-favored-nation rate before any Section 301, Section 232, Section 338, Section 201 or antidumping and countervailing action, and before CBP's Merchandise Processing and Harbor Maintenance fees.
What is the tariff on HTS 8516.10.00.80 from China?
Priced on $10,000 of goods, the effective duty from China is 20%: 0% general rate + 7.5% Section 301 + 12.5% forced labor. Section 301 applies (List 4A). The Section 301 forced-labor duty applies.
Which lines are related to HTS 8516.10.00.80?
It is a statistical line under the 8-digit rate line 8516.10.00 (Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters), which has 1 other statistical line. All lines under one 8-digit heading share the same legal duty rate; the tenth digit reports statistics.