8507.90: Electric accumulators, including separators therefor: parts

1. 8507 90 00 00 Parts
2. Separators
3. 8507 90 31 00 Of plastic film of a thickness not exceeding 40 micrometres
4. 8507 90 31 10 For use in civil aircraft
5. 8507 90 31 20 Separator for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries, in rolls, made of transparent, microporous, acrylic acid grafted polyethylene film, with: -a width of 98 mm or more but not more than 170 mm, -a thickness of 15 µm or more but not more than 36 µm 2%
6. 8507 90 31 30 Separator for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries, in rolls, made of microporous monolayer film of polypropylene or a microporous trilayer film of polypropylene, polyethylene and polypropylene, each film with: -zero transversal production direction (td) shrinkage, -a total thickness of 8 μm or more, but not more than 40 μm, -a width of 15 mm or more, but not more than 900 mm, -a length of more than 200 m, but not more than 8 000 m, -an average pore size between 0.02 μm and 0.1 μm, -whether or not coated with surfactant, -whether or not coated on 1 or 2 sides with a ceramic layer of min 1 μm thickness or more, but not more than 5 μm, -whether or not coated on 1 or 2 sides with a sticky binder, pvdf type or similar of min 0.5 μm thickness or more, but not more than 5 μm 2%
7. 8507 90 31 40 Separator for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries made of a multi-porous multilayer separator foil with: -one microporous polyethylene layer between two microporous polypropylene layers and whether or not coated with aluminium oxide on both sides, -a width of 65 mm or more but not more than 170 mm, -a total thickness of 10 µm or more but not more than 30 µm, -a porosity of 25% (vol.) or more but not more than 65% (vol.) 2%
8. 8507 90 31 90 Other 2%
9. 8507 90 39 00 Other
10. 8507 90 39 10 For use in civil aircraft
11. 8507 90 39 90 Other 2%
12. 8507 90 80 00 Other
13. 8507 90 80 10 For use in civil aircraft
14. 8507 90 80 55 Top cap or housing made of aluminium or ferrous alloy or stainless steel: -whether or not including parts made of aluminum and aluminium alloy, -with or without sealing elements or other elements made of polymer material, -with or without a "current interrupt device " and an "evacuation valve" -with or without plastic sockets -with an outer diameter of 17 mm or more, but not more than 18 mm, or rectangular with: -length not greater than 450 mm, -width not greater than 200 mm, and -hight not greater than 150 mm, for use in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries 2%
15. 8507 90 80 90 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£68.3m+31.9% · previous 12 months

Average import price£9.95 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£38.1m	55.8%	+95.5%
United States	£6.7m	9.7%	+4.3%
South Korea	£3.6m	5.2%	-24.1%
Poland	£3.2m	4.8%	+77.9%
Germany	£3m	4.3%	-44.2%
Spain	£2.1m	3.1%	-4.5%
Czechia	£1.5m	2.2%	-9.7%
Australia	£1.4m	2.1%	+5,204%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 2.7% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines USA 3.4% – 3.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3.5%

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$3bn	38.9%
2	South Korea	US$486m	6.7%
3	Japan	US$408m	5.6%
4	Germany	US$393m	5.4%
5	Poland	US$363m	5%
6	United States	US$322m	4.4%
7	Mexico	US$265m	3.6%
8	Czechia	US$223m	3.1%
9	Hungary	US$211m	2.9%
10	Vietnam	US$198m	2.7%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$3bn	34.3%
2	Germany	US$543m	7.4%
3	Hungary	US$427m	5.9%
4	China	US$416m	5.7%
5	India	US$371m	5.1%
6	Poland	US$363m	5%
7	Vietnam	US$317m	4.3%
8	Mexico	US$264m	3.6%
9	South Korea	US$144m	2%
10	Singapore	US$132m	1.8%

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Products classified here

• battery kit

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