8530.90.00.00

Parts

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

Unit: No. Heading: 8530 Chapter: 85 As of May 1, 2026

Duty rates

Column 1 (General / MFN)

Free

Column 2 (Non-NTR)

35%

The rates above are statutory column rates. Trade remedies in Chapter 99 (Section 301, 232, IEEPA, reciprocal) and FTA preferences can change the duty owed on a given entry — see below.

Trade measures (Chapter 99)

9903.03.01

The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 10%

Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.02

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of any country that (1) were loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit prior to entry into the United States, before 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 24, 2026; and (2) are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 28, 2026

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.03

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.04

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(iii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.05

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles of civil aircraft (all aircraft other than military aircraft); their engines, parts and components; their other parts, components and subassemblies; and ground flight simulators and their parts and components of any country, provided for in subdivision (aa)(iv) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.06

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles of aluminum, of steel, or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; and semiconductor articles, of any country, as provided in subdivision (aa)(v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.07

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of Canada, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(vi) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Applies to origin: CA

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.08

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(vii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Applies to origin: MX

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.09

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles of textiles or apparel the product of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(viii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

Applies to origin: CR, SV, GT, HN, NI, DO

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.10

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles that are donations, by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, such as food, clothing and medicine, intended to be used to relieve human suffering

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.03.11

The duty provided in the applicable subheading

Articles that are informational materials, including but not limited to publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, compact disks, CD ROMs, artworks and news wire feeds

Applies to origin: IL

Effective from February 24, 2026 through July 24, 2026

9903.88.01

LIST_1

The duty provided in the applicable subheading plus 25%

Except as provided in headings 9903.88.05, 9903.88.06, 9903.88.07, 9903.88.08, 9903.88.10, 9903.88.11, 9903.88.14, 9903.88.19, 9903.88.50, 9903.88.52, 9903.88.58, 9903.88.60, 9903.88.62, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(b) [to this subchapter]

Applies to origin: CN

Effective from July 6, 2018

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