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Customs code · HS subheading 8503 00

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Other parts used exclusively or mainly for electric motors

Generators, generating sets or rotary converters, excluding cast iron or cast steel parts, steel laminations, stator and rotor cores, and non-magnetic shaft rings

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. Exports and Intrastat use it as it is. For an import into the EU, pick a 10-digit line below.

This code covers parts used exclusively or mainly with electric motors, electric generators, generating sets or rotary electric converters when they are not one of the specifically named excluded types. It does not cover cast iron or cast steel parts, steel laminations, stator or rotor cores, or non-magnetic shaft rings.

For example

  • An aluminium end shield used mainly for an electric motor, not a cast iron or cast steel part
  • An aluminium mounting bracket used mainly for an electric generator, not a steel lamination, stator core, rotor core or non-magnetic shaft ring
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with electric motors and generators, electric generating sets and rotary converters, n.e.s. (excl. non-magnetic retaining rings, steel laminations and stator and rotor cores and of cast iron or cast steel)

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Your answer for export

The full EU export code is 8503 00 98.

You do not pick a 10-digit EU import line for an export declaration or Intrastat. The destination classifies the goods under its own tariff.

8 digits, ready

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

  • Their lines1 Norwegian line

85.03.0000 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 85.01 or 85.02.

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

2.0%

  • Their lines13 British lines
  • EU originDuty free

8503 00 98 10 For use in certain types of aircraft

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

We do not estimate this one.

The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

Not estimated

  • Their lines11 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8503.00.20.00 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 1 Norwegian line

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

  • 85.03.0000

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 85.01 or 85.02.

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 13 British lines

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

  • All 13 UK lines under this code

    They all have the same duty rates shown here.

    Ordinary duty
    2.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

See the 11 US lines

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

  • 8503.00.20.00

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Commutators

    General rate
    2.4%
    From the EU
    10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

  • 8503.00.35.00

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Stators and rotors for the goods of heading 8501, For motors of under 18.65 W

    General rate
    6.5%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8503.00.45.00

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Stators and rotors for the goods of heading 8501, For generators suitable for use on aircraft

    General rate
    Free
    From the EU
    10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

  • 8503.00.65.00

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Stators and rotors for the goods of heading 8501, Other

    General rate
    3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8503.00.75.00

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Other, For motors of under 18.65 W

    General rate
    6.5%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8503.00.90.00

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Other, For generators suitable for use on aircraft

    General rate
    Free
    From the EU
    10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

  • 8503.00.95.20

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Other, Parts of motors

    General rate
    3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8503.00.95.46

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Other, Parts of generators, For AC generators (alternators) classified in statistical reporting number 8501.64.0110

    General rate
    3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.
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  • 8503.00.95.50

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Other, Parts of generators, Other

    General rate
    3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8503.00.95.70

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Other, Parts of wind-powered generating sets classified in subheading 8502.31.00

    General rate
    3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8503.00.95.80

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502, Other

    General rate
    3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Before you use the code

Check the facts that sit outside the code

The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.

Classify your own product, free Look up the current rates and rules
  1. The product and its form Check that your product really matches this description, including what it is made of and the form it arrives in.
  2. Country of origin Trade agreements, sanctions and extra measures can change the treatment of the very same code.
  3. Current tariff measures Check today's rate, any restrictions or licences, and the quantity customs asks for, with Toldstyrelsen or TARIC.

On an EU import declaration

Pick the 10-digit line that matches the goods.

13 import lines

When these goods are imported into the EU, the declaration needs a 10-digit code. Under 8503 00 98 the EU tariff has 13 lines, each with its own wording.

You or your customs agent pick the line whose wording fits the goods; the last line, "Other", covers what none of the specific wordings describe.

Some lines depend on what the goods will be used for and need customs authorisation; matching the wording alone does not give a lower rate.

  1. Match the whole wording A line is its own wording plus the grouping text above it. Read both before you settle on one.
  2. Check the intended use On some lines the lower rate belongs to what the goods will be used for, not to the goods alone.
  3. Confirm the authorisation Where the lower rate carries conditions, customs asks for an authorisation before it can be used.

  • 8503 00 98 10

    For use in certain types of aircraft

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0% under an end-use authorisation

    Conditions apply, customs authorisation needed.

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • Other

  • 8503 00 98 32

    Rotor, at the inner side provided with one or two magnetic rings (uniform or sectional) whether or not incorporated in a steel ring or bearing mounted in steel housing

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 33

    Stator for brushless motor of electrical power steering with a roundness tolerance of 50 μm

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 37

    Rotor for electric motor, with the rotor cylindrical body made of agglomerated ferrite or sintered neodymium or plastoneodymium, with or without metal shaft and with or without plastic elements: - diameter of the rotor body of 15mm or more but not more than 37mm, - length of the rotor body of 12mm or more but not more than 36mm

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 40

    Pressure casted inner housing of a cooling channel system for an electrical motor: -of EN AC-47100 aluminum, -shot-blasted and machined, -leakproof to the degree of 3 ml per minute or less under 2,75 bar pressure, -with a hardness of 70 or more on the Hardness Brinell Wolfram (HBW) scale (2,5/62,5, according to ISO 6506), -with a tensile strength of 190 N/mm² or more, -with a height of 160 mm or more, but not more than 330 mm, -with a diameter of 240 mm or more, but not more than 368 mm, -with a weight of 3 kg or more, but not more than 5,84 kg

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 43

    Silicone or plastic keyboards, comprising: -parts of common metal, and -whether or not comprising parts of plastic, -epoxy resin reinforced with fiberglass or wood, -whether or not printed or surface-treated, -with or without electrical conductors, -with or without a membrane bonded to the keyboard, -with or without mono or multilayer protective film

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 45

    Armature for the electric motor in starter motors of passenger cars and commercial vehicles with: -an outer diameter of 52 mm or more but not more than 80 mm, -a commutator copper wire diameter of 2 mm or more but not more than 4 mm

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 53

    Pressure casted rotor cover of the cooling channel system in the electrical motor: - of EN AC-47100-F aluminum, - with a sealing cap of stainless steel, - shot-blasted and machined, - leakproof to the degree of 1ml per minute or less under 2,75 bar pressure, - with a hardness of 70 HBW or more (2,5/62,5, according to ISO 6506), - with a tensile strength of 190 N/mm² or more, - with a height of 42mm or more, but not more than 64mm, - with a diameter of 88mm or more, but not more than 132mm, - with a weight of 0,3kg or more, but not more than 0,5kg

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 55

    Stator for brushless motor, with: -an internal diameter of 206,6 mm (± 0,5) -an external diameter of 265,0 mm (± 0,2) and -a width of 37,2 mm or more but not more than 47,8 mm of a kind used in the manufacture of washing machine, washer-dryer or dryer equipped with direct drive drums

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 63

    Pressure casted outer housing of an electrical motor: - of EN AC-47100 aluminum, - with or without overmolded bearing sleeves of martensitic stainless steel and assembled sealing caps of stainless steel, - shot-blasted and machined, - with or without a rotor chamber, leakproof to the degree of 3 ml per minute or less under 2,75 bar pressure, - with a hardness of 70 or more on the Hardness Brinell Wolfram (HBW) scale (2,5/62,5, according to ISO 6506), - with a tensile strength of 190 N/mm² or more, - with a height of 195mm or more, but not more than 430mm, - with a width of 290mm or more, but not more than 625mm, - with a length of 270mm or more, but not more than 535mm, - with a weight of 5,2kg or more, but not more than 12,5kg

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 73

    Pressure die-cast electric motor stator housing: -of EN AC-46000 aluminium, -shot-blasted and machined, -with a height of 70 mm or more but not more than 76 mm, -with a width of 155 mm or more but not more than 162 mm, -with a weight of 330 g or more but not more than 360 g

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 75

    Stator body of stacked electrical sheet having: -an inner diameter of 18 mm or more, but not more than 35 mm, -an outer diameter of 35 mm or more, but not more than 65 mm, and -a length of 20 mm or more, but not more than 65 mm -whether or not incorporated in a housing

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0%

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

  • 8503 00 98 99

    Other

    2.7%

    Duty suspension: 0% for ships, boats and drilling platforms

    Conditions apply, customs authorisation needed.

    This line in the EU tariff Rulings on this line

A suspension is a lower rate the EU grants for specific products; whether your goods qualify depends on the line's wording and conditions.

Exports from the EU and Intrastat normally use the 8-digit code as it is.

EU tariff data of Sept. 13, 2026.

This is the catch-all under 8503 00: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

This is the remaining group of parts used exclusively or mainly for these electric machines after the sibling codes' named cast iron or cast steel parts, steel laminations and cores, and non-magnetic shaft rings have been excluded.

Rates, origin and documents

Read the signals first. Open only the ones you want to check.

Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.

Data of Sept. 1, 2026

Lower duty for goods from some countries

Possible

Preferential rates exist for goods originating in:

  • Andorra
  • San Marino
  • Türkiye
  • European Union
  • Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe
  • Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia
  • Western Sahara
  • European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
  • +46 origins

These rates apply to Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); GSP - General arrangements except India.

Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.

Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

Restrictions and paperwork

Important

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in:

  • North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
  • Ukraine
  • Belarus
  • Russian Federation
  • any country except Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • any country

The EU records document conditions on this code. What customs may ask for depends on where the goods come from, exactly what the product is and the customs procedure.

Proof of origin 2 conditions

If you claim a lower rate for goods from a country the EU has a trade agreement with, customs asks for proof of origin, for example a EUR.1 certificate or an origin declaration.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
  • Movement certificate EUR.1

Sanctions and restricted regions 16 conditions

Some conditions come from EU sanctions rules. They matter when the goods are linked to a country or region the EU restricts trade with.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
  • Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
  • The prohibitions defined in article 1aa paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 do not apply (see contractual exemptions in article 1aa paragraph 2b)
  • The prohibitions defined in article 1aa.1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1aa.2a)
  • The prohibitions defined in article 4 paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 do not apply (see exemptions in article 4 paragraph 2)
  • Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 8f of Regulation (EU) No 765/2006)
  • Import authorisation by virtue of article 1ra paragraph 10 of Council Regulation (EU) 765/2006
  • The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 4)
  • The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 3)
  • Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 12e of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014)
  • Import authorisation by virtue of article 3i paragraph 3c of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
  • The prohibitions defined in article 3i.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 do not apply (see exemptions in article 3i.3aa)
  • Import authorisation by virtue of article 12b.2 of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
  • Import authorisation for restricted goods and technologies (Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012)
  • Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure (Reg 267/2012)
  • Goods not consigned from Iran

Statements that the goods are outside a rule's scope 2 conditions

Some conditions are statements that a rule does not cover the goods, for example that the product is not on a controlled list.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Goods other than those described in the Common Military List of the European Union
  • Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

EU tariff measure data of Sept. 1, 2026.

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How we got to this code

  1. XVI
  2. 85
  3. 8503
  4. 8503 00
  5. 8503 00 98
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