8502
4-digit headingElectric generating sets and rotary converters
This is a 4-digit heading — a category, not a filing code. Pick the more specific code beneath it that best matches your goods; only a 10-digit statistical code can be used on a customs entry.
Duty rates
No rate is published at this level — check the specific 10-digit statistical code beneath it.
| Rate | Value and what it means |
|---|---|
| General rate (Column 1) | See 10-digit codeColumn 1 general Applies to most trading partners — the standard "normal trade relations" rate. |
| Special rate (Column 1) | —Trade programs The country letters in parentheses are free trade agreement and preference programs. If your goods qualify under one of them, that rate replaces the general rate. |
| Column 2 rate | —Non-NTR Reserved for the small group of countries that do not have normal trade relations with the US (currently Cuba, North Korea, Russia and Belarus). Almost no importer uses this column — if you are shipping from anywhere else, ignore it. |
| Unit of quantity | — How CBP expects the quantity to be reported on the entry summary. |
Codes within Electric generating sets and rotary converters
15 more specific lines fall under 8502.
- 8502.11.00.00Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines):2.5%
- 8502.12.00.00Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines):2.5%
- 8502.13.00Of an output exceeding 375 kVA8-digit subheadingElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines):2%
- 8502.13.00.20Exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 1,000 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines): > Of an output exceeding 375 kVA
- 8502.13.00.40Exceeding 1,000 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines): > Of an output exceeding 375 kVA
- 8502.20.00Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines8-digit subheadingElectric generating sets and rotary converters:2%
- 8502.20.00.30Of an output not exceeding 1.875 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines
- 8502.20.00.60Of an output exceeding 1.875 kVA but not exceeding 6.25 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines
- 8502.20.00.70Of an output exceeding 6.25 kVA but not exceeding 75 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines
- 8502.20.00.85Of an output exceeding 75 kVA10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines
- 8502.31.00.00Wind-powered10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Other generating sets:2.5%
- 8502.39.00Other8-digit subheadingElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Other generating sets:2.5%
- 8502.39.00.40Powered by steam turbine10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Other generating sets: > Other
- 8502.39.00.80Other10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters: > Other generating sets: > Other
- 8502.40.00.00Electric rotary converters10-digit statistical codeElectric generating sets and rotary converters:3%
Chapter 85: Electrical Machinery and Equipment; Sound and TV Equipment; Parts
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View Chapter 85Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 2026 Basic Edition, Revision 16. Rate text is reproduced verbatim from the official export; category paths and duty estimates are derived.
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