8503.00: Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502

1. 8503 00 10 00 Non-magnetic retaining rings 2%
2. 8503 00 10 10 For use in certain types of aircraft 2%
3. 8503 00 10 90 Other 2%
4. 8503 00 20 00 Steel laminations and stator and rotor cores, whether or not stacked 2%
5. 8503 00 20 10 For use in certain types of aircraft 2%
6. 8503 00 20 20 Plated steel core of the electric motor rotor of electric air conditioning compressors for motor vehicles: -with an outer diameter of 65 mm or more but not more than 80 mm, -with an inner diameter of 15 mm or more but not more than 25 mm, -with a height of 30 mm or more but not more than 45 mm, -with a weight of 0.5 kg or more but not more than 0.8 kg, -without windings 2%
7. 8503 00 20 30 Plated steel core of the electric motor stator of electric air conditioning compressors for motor vehicles: -with an outer diameter of 90 mm or more but not more than 120 mm, -with an inner diameter of 65 mm or more but not more than 80 mm, -with a height of 30 mm or more but not more than 45 mm, -with a weight of 0.7 kg or more but not more than 1.2 kg, -without windings 2%
8. 8503 00 20 90 Other 2%
9. 8503 00 91 00 Of cast iron or cast steel 2%
10. 8503 00 91 10 For use in certain types of aircraft 2%
11. Other 2%
12. 8503 00 91 31 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%
13. 8503 00 91 99 Other 2%
14. 8503 00 98 00 Other 2%
15. 8503 00 98 10 For use in certain types of aircraft 2%
16. Other 2%
17. 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%
18. 8503 00 98 33 Stator for brushless motor of electrical power steering with a roundness tolerance of 50 μm 2%
19. 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%
20. 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%
21. 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%
22. 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%
23. 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%
24. 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%
25. 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%
26. 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%
27. 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%
28. 8503 00 98 99 Other 2%

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£428.3m+41.5% · previous 12 months

Average import price£14.64 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
United States	£60.5m	14.1%	+9.2%
France	£47.6m	11.1%	-15%
Germany	£44.1m	10.3%	+23.2%
Poland	£43.5m	10.2%	+305%
Italy	£40.5m	9.5%	+65.4%
China	£37.8m	8.8%	+13%
India	£37.3m	8.7%	+248.5%
Switzerland	£25.7m	6%	+656.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 2.7% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines USA Free – 6.5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 3.1% Canada Free General (MFN) 8 tariff lines Mexico Free – 5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 4.3% Brazil 12.6% – 20% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 16.3% Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 4% Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan 1% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines GCC 5% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 3% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$6.7bn	26.6%
2	Germany	US$2.9bn	11.5%
3	Japan	US$1.7bn	6.8%
4	United States	US$1.5bn	6%
5	India	US$1.1bn	4.5%
6	Italy	US$1bn	4.2%
7	Mexico	US$818m	3.3%
8	France	US$743m	3%
9	Czechia	US$560m	2.2%
10	Denmark	US$535m	2.1%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$4bn	15.9%
2	Germany	US$3.6bn	14.6%
3	France	US$1.3bn	5.2%
4	Mexico	US$1.1bn	4.4%
5	Italy	US$791m	3.2%
6	Vietnam	US$790m	3.2%
7	China	US$735m	2.9%
8	Japan	US$712m	2.8%
9	India	US$690m	2.8%
10	Poland	US$655m	2.6%

Import duty on this product around the world 165

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

• 5%median duty
• 43number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 35%highest: Maldives, Bermuda, Bahamas

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	2%		2023
Algeria	15%		2023
Angola	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	15%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	5%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	14%		2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	0%		2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	5%		2023
Azerbaijan	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	23%	0% – 45%	2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	1%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	5%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%		2022
Botswana	10%	5% – 15%	2023
Brazil	14%		2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	7%	3% – 8%	2023
Colombia	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Côte d’Ivoire	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	11%	2% – 20%	2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	10%	5% – 15%	2023
Ethiopia	7.5%	5% – 10%	2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	2.7%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	6%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	5%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	5%		2023
Gibraltar	12%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	5%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Guyana	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	7.5%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Iran	7.5%	5% – 10%	2020 · HS 2017
Israel	4.8%	0% – 12%	2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kiribati	0%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Laos	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	2.5%	0% – 5%	2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	10%	5% – 15%	2023
Liberia	5%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	4.1%*	1.3% – 11%	2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%		2023
Malawi	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	35%	20% – 50%	2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritania	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	8%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	10%	5% – 15%	2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	5%		2023
New Zealand	5%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	5%		2023
Nigeria	5%		2023
North Macedonia	3%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	9%	0% – 16%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	4.8%	0% – 12%	2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	6%	2% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	1%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	0%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	5%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	5%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	5%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	10%	5% – 15%	2023
South Korea	7.3%	5% – 8%	2023
Sri Lanka	6.7%	0% – 20%	2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Lucia	0%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Sudan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	3.4%*	1.1% – 8.8%	2023
Syria	1%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	5%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Togo	5%		2023
Tonga	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	2.7%		2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	0%		2023
Ukraine	1.7%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	2%		2023
United States	3.1%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Uruguay	8%	2% – 14%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	5%		2023
Venezuela	14%		2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	5%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	5%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.2%	0.1% – 0.4%	2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4

7169 Parts, n.e.s., suitable for use with the machines of group 716

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Capital goods · BEC 312

CPC 2.1 product

46131 Parts of electric motors, generators and the like

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2710 Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 13

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Countervailing duty 11 August 2026

   Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024

   FR Doc. 2026-16362 · 91 FR 51662 · Source: federalregister.gov

2. Import and export controls 11 July 2026

   Oyuncakların İthalat Denetimi Tebliği (Ürün Güvenliği ve Denetimi: 2026/10)’nde Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Tebliğ (Ürün Güvenliği ve Denetimi: 2026/38)

   RG 11.07.2026 sayı 33307 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr

3. Tariff change 1 July 2026

   İthalat Rejimi Kararında Değişiklik Yapılmasına İlişkin Karar (Karar Sayısı: 11485)

   RG 01.07.2026 sayı 33297 · Karar 11485 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr

4. Suspension 30 June 2026 · Applies from: 16 July 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1463 of 25 June 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain agricultural and industrial products

   CELEX 32026R1463 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

5. Other 30 June 2026

   Update to Commodity Code structure to maintain dynamic alignment with the EU – 30 June 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6995 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

6. Other 19 May 2026

   Update to VAT Z Coverage on Aircraft and Aircraft Parts – 19 May 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6334 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

7. Sanctions 19 May 2026 · Applies from: 20 May 2026

   The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

   S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk

8. Tariff change 17 March 2026

   Autonomous Suspension under Authorised Use on Offshore Wind Turbines. Stop Press – 17 March 2026

   Trade Tariff news 5311 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

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