Code 8506 80 · Heading 8506

Primary cells and batteries, excluding manganese dioxide, mercury oxide, silver oxide, lithium and zinc-air types, and excluding used batteries

This category covers new primary cells and batteries that are not manganese dioxide, mercury oxide, silver oxide, lithium or zinc-air types. Zinc-carbon dry batteries with a voltage of >= 5.5 V, but <= 6.5 V, are handled separately.

For example

A zinc-carbon dry battery other than one with a voltage of >= 5.5 V, but <= 6.5 V, and not used

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Official tariff text

Primary cells and primary batteries, electric (excl. spent, and those of silver oxide, mercuric oxide, manganese dioxide, lithium and air-zinc)

How we got to this code

XVI
85
8506
8506 80

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereo… 2 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the product: an electrical motor, generator or converter; a transformer or electrical converter; a magnet; a primary cell or battery; an accumulator; a household appliance; a shaver or hair-removal appliance; equipment for an internal-combustion engine, vehicle or bicycle; a portable lamp; an industrial or laboratory heating appliance; soldering or welding equipment; another electrical heating appliance; a telephone or other data-communication device; sound equipment; video equipment or recording media; a display module; a radio, television, radar, navigation or remote-control device; electrical control, switching, lighting, semiconductor, circuit, cable or insulation equipment; another electrical machine or apparatus; or electrical and electronic waste or scrap?
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Step 3 · Heading 8506 Primary cells and primary batteries, electrical; pa… 6 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it a part for a primary cell or battery, or is it an unused primary cell or battery—and if it is a cell or battery, is it manganese dioxide, mercury oxide, silver oxide, lithium oxide, zinc-air, or another type named here?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8506 80 Primary cells and primary batteries, electric (excl… 6 of 7 subheadings under heading 8506
Is it a zinc-carbon dry battery with a voltage of >= 5.5 V, but <= 6.5 V?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–4.7%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 4.7%.

8506 10 Manganese dioxide cells and batteries (excl. spent) 4.7%
8506 30 Mercuric oxide cells and batteries (excl. spent) 4.7%
8506 40 Silver oxide cells and batteries (excl. spent) 4.7%
8506 50 Lithium cells and batteries (excl. spent) 4.7%
8506 60 Air-zinc cells and batteries (excl. spent) 4.7%
8506 80 Primary cells and primary batteries, electric (excl. spent, and those of silver oxide, mercuric oxide, manganese dioxide, lithium and air-zinc) you are here 0.0–4.7%
8506 90 Parts of primary cells and primary batteries, n.e.s. 4.7%

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

85.06.8000 Other primary cells and primary batteries

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 4.0%

Their lines2 British lines

8506 80 05 00 Dry zinc-carbon batteries of a voltage of 5,5 V or more but not exceeding 6,5 V

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8506.80.00.10 Primary cells and primary batteries; parts thereof, Other primary cells and primary

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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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.

85.06.8000

Other primary cells and primary batteries

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.

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Selling to Great Britain

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

8506 80 05 00

Dry zinc-carbon batteries of a voltage of 5,5 V or more but not exceeding 6,5 V

Ordinary duty

Duty free
8506 80 80 00

Other

Ordinary duty

4.0%

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).

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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.

8506.80.00.10

Primary cells and primary batteries; parts thereof, Other primary cells and primary batteries, Button and coin cell batteries

General rate

2.7%

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
8506.80.00.90

Primary cells and primary batteries; parts thereof, Other primary cells and primary batteries, Other

General rate

2.7%

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

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.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.