Code 8511 30 · Heading 8511

Distributors and ignition coils for internal-combustion engines

This code covers distributors and ignition coils used with internal-combustion engines. The product must be one of these two types.

For example

Distributor for an internal-combustion engine
Ignition coil for an internal-combustion engine

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Official tariff text

Distributors and ignition coils of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines

How we got to this code

XVI
85
8511
8511 30

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The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

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 8511 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind… 11 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it a spark plug; a magneto, magneto generator or flywheel magnet; a distributor or ignition coil; an electrical starter motor; a generator; other electrical starting or ignition equipment including a reverse-current relay; or a part for equipment in this heading?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8511 30 Distributors and ignition coils of a kind used for … 3 of 7 subheadings under heading 8511
Is it a distributor or an ignition coil for an internal-combustion engine?

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Import duty on the codes below: 3.2%

Only one code below

8511 30 00

Distributors and ignition coils of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines

3.2%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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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

85.11.3000 Distributors; ignition coils

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 2.0%

Their lines4 British lines

8511 30 00 10 For use in civil aircraft

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

15.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8511.30.00.40 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition

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.

85.11.3000

Distributors; ignition coils

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 4 British lines

Selling to Great Britain

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

8511 30 00 10

For use in civil aircraft

Ordinary duty

Duty free
8511 30 00 30

Igniter integrated coil assembly with: - an igniter, - a coil on plug assembly with an integrated mounting bracket, - a housing, - a length of 90 mm or more but not more than 200 mm (+/- 5 mm), - an operating temperature of -40 °C or more but not more than 130 °C, - a voltage of 10,5 V or more, but not more than 16 V

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8511 30 00 55

Ignition coil: - with a length of 50 mm or more, but not more than 200 mm, - with an operating temperature of - 40 °C or more, but not more than 140 °C, and - with a voltage of 9 V or more, but not more than 16 V, - with or without connection cable, for use in the manufacture of engines of motor vehicles

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8511 30 00 90

Other

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 2 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.

8511.30.00.40

Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, spark plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof, Distributors; ignition coils, Distributors

General rate

2.5%

From the EU

15.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.94.53 Section 232 passenger vehicles and light trucks, Proclamation 10908 as applied to the European Union by the notice at 90 FR 46136 of 25 September 2025 (retroactive to 1 August 2025), headings 9903.94.52 and 9903.94.53 of subchapter III of chapter 99 with U.S. note 33(o) with the line list of subdivision (g): 15% all-in on parts of passenger vehicles and light trucks of the European Union
8511.30.00.80

Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, spark plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof, Distributors; ignition coils, Ignition coils

General rate

2.5%

From the EU

15.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.94.53 Section 232 passenger vehicles and light trucks, Proclamation 10908 as applied to the European Union by the notice at 90 FR 46136 of 25 September 2025 (retroactive to 1 August 2025), headings 9903.94.52 and 9903.94.53 of subchapter III of chapter 99 with U.S. note 33(o) with the line list of subdivision (g): 15% all-in on parts of passenger vehicles and light trucks of the European Union

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.