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HS 2022 subheading

HS code 8504.31: Small transformers

HS code 8504.31 covers: Electrical transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1kVA. It is a subheading of heading 8504, in chapter 85.

Where 8504.31 sits in the tariff

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. Countries and regions add their own digits after them.

  1. Chapter

    85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles

  2. Heading

    8504Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors

  3. Subheading

    8504.31 Electrical transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1kVA

Other subheadings under heading 8504

  • 8504.10Discharge lamps or tubes; ballasts therefor
  • 8504.21Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650kVA
  • 8504.22Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 650kVA but not exceeding 10,000kVA
  • 8504.23Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000kVA
  • 8504.31Electrical transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1kVAThis page
  • 8504.32Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 1kVA but not exceeding 16kVA
  • 8504.33Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA
  • 8504.34Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 500kVA
  • 8504.40Electrical static converters
  • 8504.50Electrical inductors; n.e.c. in heading no. 8504
  • 8504.90Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors; parts thereof

How tariffs divide 8504.31 further

National and regional tariffs add digits after the six shared ones, splitting this subheading into more specific lines. The tables list every line we hold for 8504.31 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union3
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States4
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom9
India ITC-HS (8-digit)India1
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule1
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community1
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur6
Turkey GTIPTürkiye5
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt1
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa1
Lines in total32

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 3 lines

CodeDescription
8504 31 21Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Measuring transformers – For voltage measurement
8504 31 29Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Measuring transformers – Other
8504 31 80Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 4 lines

CodeDescription
8504 31 20 00Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Unrated
8504 31 40 35Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Having a power handling capacity less than 1 kVA – Having a power handling capacity less than 40 VA
8504 31 40 65Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Having a power handling capacity less than 1 kVA – Having a power handling capacity 40 VA or greater
8504 31 60 00Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Having a power handling capacity of 1 kVA

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 9 lines

CodeDescription
8504 31 21 10Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Measuring transformers – For voltage measurement – For use in civil aircraft
8504 31 21 90Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Measuring transformers – For voltage measurement – Other
8504 31 29 10Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Measuring transformers – Other – For use in civil aircraft
8504 31 29 90Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Measuring transformers – Other – Other
8504 31 80 10Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – For use in civil aircraft
8504 31 80 15Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Electrical Transformer with- a capacity of 192 Watts or 216 Watts- dimensions of not more than 27,1 x 26,6 x 18 mm- an operating temperature range of - 40 °C or more, but not more than + 125 °C- three or four inductively coupled copper wire windings and- 9 connection pins at the bottom
8504 31 80 30Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Transformers, having a power handling capacity of not more than 1 kVA for use in the manufacture of static converters and goods of heading 8537
8504 31 80 50Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Transformers for use in the manufacture of electronic drivers, control devices and LED light sources for lighting industry
8504 31 80 90Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Other

India ITC-HS (8-digit)

India — 1 line

CodeDescription
8504 31 00Other transformers: – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA u 10% -

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 1 line

CodeDescription
8504 31 00 00 00Transformers having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 KVA, other than those of liquid dielectric type.

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 1 line

CodeDescription
8504 31 00Other transformers – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 6 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8504 31 11Other transformers: – Of an output not exceeding 1 kVA – For frequencies less than or equal to 60 Hz – Current transformers
8504 31 19Other transformers: – Of an output not exceeding 1 kVA – For frequencies less than or equal to 60 Hz – Other
8504 31 91Other transformers: – Of an output not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Horizontal output transformers (flyback), with an output voltage exceeding 18 kV and horizontal scanning frequency equal to or greater than 32 kHz
8504 31 92Other transformers: – Of an output not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Intermediate frequency, detection, ratio, linearity or focusing transformers
8504 31 93Other transformers: – Of an output not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Other, of a width and length not exceeding 50 mm and a height not exceeding 25 mm, suitable for mounting by insertion (PTH - Pin Through Hole) or surface mounting (SMD - Surface Mounted Device)
8504 31 99Other transformers: – Of an output not exceeding 1 kVA – Other – Other

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 5 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8504 31 21 00 00Other transformers: – Of a rating not exceeding 1 kVA: – Instrument transformers: – Voltage transformers
8504 31 29 00 00Other transformers: – Of a rating not exceeding 1 kVA: – Instrument transformers: – Other
8504 31 80 10 00Other transformers: – Of a rating not exceeding 1 kVA: – Other: – Transformers for toys
8504 31 80 90 11Other transformers: – s- Other: – Ferrite core transformers
8504 31 80 90 19Other transformers: – s- Other: – Other

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8504 31 00 00Other transformers, of an output not exceeding 1 K.V.A [k.V.A].

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8504 31 00 00Other transformers – Of an output not exceeding 1 kVA

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