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Code 8516 80 · Heading 8516

Electric heating elements, excluding those made of agglomerated carbon or graphite

This code covers electric heating elements, except those made of agglomerated carbon or graphite. It includes elements whether or not they are mounted with insulators.

For example

  • An electric heating element mounted with insulators
  • An electric heating element not mounted with insulators and not made of agglomerated carbon or graphite
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Official tariff text

Electric heating resistors (excl. those of agglomerated coal and graphite)

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  1. XVI
  2. 85
  3. 8516
  4. 8516 80
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Import duty on the codes below: 2.7%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 2.7% to 5.0%.

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

85.16.8000 Electric heating resisters

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 2.0%

  • Their lines5 British lines

8516 80 20 10 Assembled only with a simple insulated former and electrical connections

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

8516.80.40.00 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space

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.

  • 85.16.8000

    Electric heating resisters

    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.

  • 8516 80 20 10

    Assembled only with a simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or de-icing, for use in civil aircraft

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 8516 80 20 20

    Car door mirror heating foil: - with two electrical contacts, - with an adhesive layer on both sides (on the side of the plastic holder of the mirror and on the side of the mirror glass), - with a protective paper film on both sides

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

  • 8516 80 20 90

    Other

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

  • 8516 80 80 10

    Electric heating resistor with a triple loop design: -mainly made of AISI 316L stainless steel, -with a rated voltage of 230V, -with a rated power of 2000W, -with a total heating element length of 217 mm or more, but not more than 223 mm, -with a heating element working length of 169,5 mm or more, but not more than 174,5 mm, -with a mounting flange diameter of 28 mm or more, but not more than 32 mm, -with a heating element bending radius of 10,75 mm, -equipped with thermal fuses, -without a built-in NTC sensor, -with nickel plated terminal pin and connector

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

  • 8516 80 80 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).

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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.

  • 8516.80.40.00

    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, Electric heating resistors, Assembled only with simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or deicing

    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

  • 8516.80.80.00

    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, Electric heating resistors, Other

    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

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.