8511.80: Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used: other equipment

1. 8511 80 00 00 Other equipment
2. 8511 80 00 10 For use in civil aircraft
3. 8511 80 00 30 Ignition module: -made with plastics and non-ferrous metals, -with the electric components cast in epoxy resin, -to generate the ignition energy and to electronically control the ignition timing, -to connect spark plug and circuit breaker, for use in the manufacture of two-stroke engines 2%
4. 8511 80 00 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£30.7m-5.7% · previous 12 months

Average import price£103.35 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
United States	£8.3m	26.9%	+21%
India	£5.9m	19.3%	+42.2%
Slovenia	£4.9m	15.9%	-3.7%
France	£3.1m	9.9%	+6.9%
Japan	£2.4m	7.8%	-45.8%
Türkiye	£1.3m	4.2%	+290.1%
Germany	£1.1m	3.5%	-76.1%
China	£827k	2.7%	+25.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 3.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free – 3.2% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 2.1% USA Free – 2.5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 1.7% Canada Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines Mexico Free – 25% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 10% Brazil 16% – 18% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 17.5% Argentina 16% – 18% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines · average 17% Peru Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan 15% Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia 8% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$173m	16.4%
2	China	US$151m	14.4%
3	United States	US$137m	13%
4	Japan	US$105m	9.9%
5	France	US$83m	7.9%
6	Slovenia	US$83m	7.9%
7	Italy	US$51m	4.9%
8	India	US$37m	3.5%
9	Thailand	US$20m	1.9%
10	Poland	US$18m	1.7%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$163m	15.5%
2	United States	US$124m	11.8%
3	Mexico	US$67m	6.3%
4	Poland	US$59m	5.6%
5	United Kingdom	US$52m	5%
6	Italy	US$46m	4.4%
7	France	US$34m	3.2%
8	Thailand	US$33m	3.2%
9	Brazil	US$29m	2.7%
10	Spain	US$23m	2.2%

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.

• 7.5%median duty
• 30number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 50%highest: Kiribati, Bermuda, Cambodia

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	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	30%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	18%	16% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	5.8%	5% – 7.5%	2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	5%		2023
Azerbaijan	7.5%	0% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	13%	0% – 45%	2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	10%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	5.8%	5% – 7.5%	2021 · HS 2017
Belize	10%		2023
Benin	10%		2023
Bermuda	35%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	7.5%	5% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2.5%	0% – 5%	2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Brazil	18%	16% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	10%		2023
Burundi	10%		2023
Cambodia	35%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	20%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	5%	0% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	25%	22% – 27%	2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	20%		2023
Chad	20%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	8%		2023
Colombia	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	20%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Côte d’Ivoire	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	3%		2023
Ecuador	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	10%		2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	20%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
Ethiopia	30%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	3.2%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	6%		2023
Gabon	20%		2023
Gambia	10%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	10%		2023
Gibraltar	12%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	35%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	10%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	10%		2023
Guyana	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	0%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	15%		2023
Indonesia	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Iran	15%	5% – 20%	2020 · HS 2017
Israel	4%	0% – 6%	2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	5%		2023
Kazakhstan	4.2%	0% – 7.5%	2023
Kenya	10%		2023
Kiribati	50%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	5.8%	5% – 7.5%	2021 · HS 2017
Laos	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	10%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	1.8%*	1.3% – 2.5%	2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%		2023
Malawi	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	10%		2023
Mauritania	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	5%	0% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	8%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	0%		2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	10%		2023
Nigeria	10%		2023
North Macedonia	8%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	32%	20% – 35%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	4%	0% – 6%	2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	4.3%	2% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	3%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	5.8%	5% – 7.5%	2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	10%		2023
Samoa	20%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	10%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	10%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	5.5%	3% – 8%	2023
Sri Lanka	15%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	25%		2023
St Lucia	30%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	7%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	10%		2023
Sudan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	1.2%*	0.8% – 1.6%	2023
Syria	10%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	3.3%	0% – 5%	2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	10%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	10%		2023
Tonga	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	20%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	1.6%	0% – 3.2%	2023
Tuvalu	19%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	10%		2023
Ukraine	1.7%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	1%	0% – 2%	2023
United States	1.7%	0% – 2.5%	2023
Uruguay	13%	2% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	15%		2023
Venezuela	18%	16% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	10%	0% – 20%	2023
Wallis & Futuna	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	15%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		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

77831 Electrical ignition/starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition/compression-ignition internal combustion engines (e.g., ignition magnetos, magnetodynamos, ignition coils, sparking-plugs & glow plugs, starter motors); generators (e.g., dyn

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 511220

CPC 2.1 product

46910 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for internal combustion engines; generators and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with internal combustion engines; electrical lighting or signalling equipment (except filament or discharge lamps), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2740 Manufacture of electric lighting equipment

2930 Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

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1. Tariff change 21 September 2026

   UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 103 commodity codes

   Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-21 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

2. Tariff change 8 September 2026

   Update to VATZ Coverage – 8 September 2026

   Trade Tariff news 8315 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

3. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

4. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

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