HS 85

Electric Machinery etc.; Sound Equipment; TV Equipment; Parts 🔔 Alert me

The United States imports $2.25T of Electric Machinery etc.; Sound Equipment; TV Equipment; Parts (HS 85) as of Aug 2026, from 227 countries — chiefly China, Mexico, Vietnam, and exports $991.10B.

$2.25TTotal U.S. imports
$991.10BTotal U.S. exports
227Source countries
232Export markets

Monthly U.S. imports of Electric Machinery etc.; Sound Equipment; TV Equipment; Parts

$39.52B
Aug
25
$42.65B
Sep
25
$45.94B
Oct
25
$43.75B
Nov
25
$46.12B
Dec
25
$43.17B
Jan
26
$39.38B
Feb
26
$48.12B
Mar
26
$51.49B
May
26
$55.87B
Jun
26
$56.93B
Jul
26
$58.34B
Aug
26

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Top source countries (imports)

#CountryValue
1China$507.23B
2Mexico$399.98B
3Vietnam$239.06B
4Taiwan$158.23B
5Malaysia$136.23B
6Thailand$121.21B
7Korea, South$106.07B
8Japan$92.99B
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Top export markets

#CountryValue
1Mexico$255.34B
2Canada$131.08B
3China$70.82B
4Hong Kong$41.68B
5Taiwan$40.91B
6Malaysia$40.67B
7Germany$29.48B
8Netherlands$26.71B

Where the world sources this

The largest exporting countries of this product worldwide — your sourcing alternatives, ranked by export value (UN Comtrade, 2025).

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Tariff & duty rates (HTS chapter 85)

U.S. import duty rates for products in this category.

8501 Electric Motors And Generators (excluding Generating Sets): 8502 Electric Generating Sets And Rotary Converters: 8504 Electrical Transformers, Static Converters (for Example, Rectifiers) And Inductors; Parts Thereof: 8505 Electromagnets; Permanent Magnets And Articles Intended To Become Permanent Magnets After Magnetization; Electromagnetic Or Permanent Magnet Chucks, Clamps And Similar Holding Devices; Electromagnetic Couplings, Clutches And Brakes; Electromagnetic Lifting Heads; Parts Thereof: 8506 Primary Cells And Primary Batteries; Parts Thereof: 8507 Electric Storage Batteries, Including Separators Therefor, Whether Or Not Rectangular (including Square); Parts Thereof: 8508 Vacuum Cleaners; Parts Thereof: 8509 Electromechanical Domestic Appliances, With Self-contained Electric Motor, Other Than Vacuum Cleaners Of Heading 8508; Parts Thereof: 8510 Shavers, Hair Clippers And Hair-removing Appliances, With Self-contained Electric Motor; Parts Thereof: 8511 Electrical Ignition Or Starting Equipment Of A Kind Used For Spark-ignition Or Compression-ignition Internal Combustion Engines (for Example, Ignition Magnetos, Magneto-dynamos, Ignition Coils, Spark Plugs And Glow Plugs, Starter Motors); Generators (for Example, Dynamos, Alternators) And Cut-outs Of A Kind Used In Conjunction With Such Engines; Parts Thereof: 8512 Electrical Lighting Or Signaling Equipment (excluding Articles Of Heading 8539), Windshield Wipers, Defrosters And Demisters, Of A Kind Used For Cycles Or Motor Vehicles; Parts Thereof: 8513 Portable Electric Lamps Designed To Function By Their Own Source Of Energy (for Example, Dry Batteries, Storage Batteries, Magnetos), Other Than Lighting Equipment Of Heading 8512; Parts Thereof: 8514 Industrial Or Laboratory Electric Furnaces And Ovens (including Those Functioning By Induction Or Dielectric Loss); Other Industrial Or Laboratory Equipment For The Heat Treatment Of Materials By Induction Or Dielectric Loss; Parts Thereof: 8515 Electric (including Electrically Heated Gas), Laser Or Other Light Or Photon Beam, Ultrasonic, Electron Beam, Magnetic Pulse Or Plasma Arc Soldering, Brazing Or Welding Machines And Apparatus, Whether Or Not Capable Of Cutting; Electric Machines And Apparatus For Hot Spraying Of Metals Or Cermets; Parts Thereof: 8516 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: 8517 Telephone Sets, Including Smartphones And Other Telephones For Cellular Networks Or For Other Wireless Networks; Other Apparatus For The Transmission Or Reception Of Voice, Images Or Other Data, Including Apparatus For Communication In A Wired Or Wireless Network (such As A Local Or Wide Area Network), Other Than Transmission Or Reception Apparatus Of Heading 8443, 8525, 8527 Or 8528; Parts Thereof: 8518 Microphones And Stands Therefor; Loudspeakers, Whether Or Not Mounted In Their Enclosures; Headphones And Earphones, Whether Or Not Combined With A Microphone, And Sets Consisting Of A Microphone And One Or More Loudspeakers; Audio-frequency Electric Amplifiers; Electric Sound Amplifier Sets; Parts Thereof: 8519 Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus: 8521 Video Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus, Whether Or Not Incorporating A Video Tuner: 8522 Parts And Accessories Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Heading 8519 Or 8521: 8523 Discs, Tapes, Solid-state Non-volatile Storage Devices, "smart Cards" And Other Media For The Recording Of Sound Or Of Other Phenomena, Whether Or Not Recorded, Including Matrices And Masters For The Production Of Discs, But Excluding Products Of Chapter 37: 8524 Flat Panel Display Modules, Whether Or Not Incorporating Touch-sensitive Screens: 8525 Transmission Apparatus For Radio-broadcasting Or Television, Whether Or Not Incorporating Reception Apparatus Or Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus; Television Cameras, Digital Cameras And Video Camera Recorders: 8526 Radar Apparatus, Radio Navigational Aid Apparatus And Radio Remote Control Apparatus: 8527 Reception Apparatus For Radiobroadcasting, Whether Or Not Combined, In The Same Housing, With Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus Or A Clock: 8528 Monitors And Projectors, Not Incorporating Television Reception Apparatus; Reception Apparatus For Television, Whether Or Not Incorporating Radio-broadcast Receivers Or Sound Or Video Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus: 8529 Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8524 To 8528: 8530 Electrical Signaling, Safety Or Traffic Control Equipment For Railways, Streetcar Lines, Subways, Roads, Inland Waterways, Parking Facilities, Port Installations Or Airfields (other Than Those Of Heading 8608); Parts Thereof: 8531 Electric Sound Or Visual Signaling Apparatus (for Example, Bells, Sirens, Indicator Panels, Burglar Or Fire Alarms), Other Than Those Of Heading 8512 Or 8530; Parts Thereof: 8532 Electrical Capacitors, Fixed, Variable Or Adjustable (pre-set); Parts Thereof: 8533 Electrical Resistors (including Rheostats And Potentiometers), Other Than Heating Resistors; Parts Thereof: 8535 Electrical Apparatus For Switching Or Protecting Electrical Circuits, Or For Making Connections To Or In Electrical Circuits (for Example, Switches, Fuses, Lightning Arresters, Voltage Limiters, Surge Suppressors, Plugs And Other Connectors, Junction Boxes), For A Voltage Exceeding 1,000 V: 8536 Electrical Apparatus For Switching Or Protecting Electrical Circuits, Or For Making Connections To Or In Electrical Circuits (for Example, Switches, Relays, Fuses, Surge Suppressors, Plugs, Sockets, Lamp-holders And Other Connectors, Junction Boxes), For A Voltage Not Exceeding 1,000 V; Connectors For Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Bundles Or Cables: 8537 Boards, Panels, Consoles, Desks, Cabinets And Other Bases, Equipped With Two Or More Apparatus Of Heading 8535 Or 8536, For Electric Control Or The Distribution Of Electricity, Including Those Incorporating Instruments Or Apparatus Of Chapter 90, And Numerical Control Apparatus, Other Than Switching Apparatus Of Heading 8517: 8538 Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Heading 8535, 8536 Or 8537: 8539 Electrical Filament Or Discharge Lamps, Including Sealed Beam Lamp Units And Ultraviolet Or Infrared Lamps; Arc Lamps; Light-emitting Diode (led) Light Sources; Parts Thereof: 8540 Thermionic, Cold Cathode Or Photocathode Tubes (for Example, Vacuum Or Vapor Or Gas Filled Tubes, Mercury Arc Rectifying Tubes, Cathode-ray Tubes, Television Camera Tubes); Parts Thereof: 8541 Semiconductor Devices (for Example, Diodes, Transistors, Semiconductor-based Transducers); Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Including Photovoltaic Cells Whether Or Not Assembled In Modules Or Made Up Into Panels; Light-emitting Diodes (led), Whether Or Not Assembled With Other Light-emitting Diodes (led); Mounted Piezo-electric Crystals; Parts Thereof: 8542 Electronic Integrated Circuits; Parts Thereof: 8543 Electrical Machines And Apparatus, Having Individual Functions, Not Specified Or Included Elsewhere In This Chapter; Parts Thereof: 8544 Insulated (including Enameled Or Anodized) Wire, Cable (including Coaxial Cable) And Other Insulated Electric Conductors, Whether Or Not Fitted With Connectors; Optical Fiber Cables, Made Up Of Individually Sheathed Fibers, Whether Or Not Assembled With Electric Conductors Or Fitted With Connectors: 8545 Carbon Electrodes, Carbon Brushes, Lamp Carbons, Battery Carbons And Other Articles Of Graphite Or Other Carbon, With Or Without Metal, Of A Kind Used For Electrical Purposes: 8546 Electrical Insulators Of Any Material: 8547 Insulating Fittings For Electrical Machines, Appliances Or Equipment, Being Fittings Wholly Of Insulating Material Apart From Any Minor Components Of Metal (for Example, Threaded Sockets) Incorporated During Molding Solely For The Purposes Of Assembly, Other Than Insulators Of Heading 8546; Electrical Conduit Tubing And Joints Therefor, Of Base Metal Lined With Insulating Material: 8549 Electrical And Electronic Waste And Scrap:
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