Chapter 85, Electrical machinery and electronics / Heading 8516

HTS 8516.50.00.90: Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters, having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters

Schedule text: Having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters. 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 › Microwave ovens › Having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters

General rate of duty

2%

Column 1, USITC schedule

From China, all in

14.5%

Priced live by the Gateway engine

Section 301 China

none

Product action on this line

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: 2%
8516.50.00.90
2%$200.00
Section 301 forced labor
9903.05.31
12.5%$1,250.00
Effective duty rate
14.5%$1,450.00

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.

  • 8516.50.00Microwave ovens (rate line, 2%)
  • 8516.50.00.30Having a capacity not exceeding 22.5 liters
  • 8516.50.00.60Having a capacity exceeding 22.5 liters but not exceeding 31.0 liters

Questions about this example

What is HTS code 8516.50.00.90?
HTS 8516.50.00.90 covers electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters, having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters; the schedule's own line text is "Having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters". 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 › Microwave ovens › Having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters. It sits in chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and electronics) under heading 8516.
What is the general duty rate for HTS 8516.50.00.90?
The Column 1 general rate of duty is 2%. 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 8516.50.00.90 from China?
Priced on $10,000 of goods, the effective duty from China is 14.5%: 2% general rate + 12.5% forced labor. No Section 301 product action applies to this line today. The Section 301 forced-labor duty applies.
Which lines are related to HTS 8516.50.00.90?
It is a statistical line under the 8-digit rate line 8516.50.00 (Microwave ovens), which has 2 other statistical lines. All lines under one 8-digit heading share the same legal duty rate; the tenth digit reports statistics.