HEADING 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:
Part of Chapter 85 — Electrical Machinery and Equipment, Section XVI.
Subheadings and tariff lines
8511.10.00.00Spark plugs
8511.20.00.00Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels
8511.30.00Distributors; ignition coils
8511.30.00.40Distributors
8511.30.00.80Ignition coils
8511.40.00.00Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators
8511.50.00.00Other generators
8511.80Other equipment:
8511.80D01Voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays:
8511.80.20.00Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems
8511.80.40.00Other
8511.80.60.00Other
8511.90Parts:
8511.90D02Of voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays:
8511.90.20.00Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems
8511.90.40.00Other
8511.90.60Other parts
8511.90.60.20Distributor contact (breaker point) sets
8511.90.60.40Other
Recent CBP rulings on heading 8511
N358614
March 6, 2026
The country of origin of automotive staters
N345996
March 6, 2025
The tariff classification, country of origin, and marking of an Ignition Coil
H306340
August 3, 2023
Eligibility for DR-CAFTA of Automotive Starters and Alternators Removed from Used Automobiles in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica
H313365
September 30, 2021
USMCA Eligibility of Starters for Heavy Trucks
H302170
November 20, 2019
Request for Reconsideration of NY N300601; Tariff Classification of a Pulley Assembly and a Recoil Assembly
N302987
March 11, 2019
The tariff classification and 301 determination of electric starters from Mexico
N300601
October 9, 2018
The tariff classification of a pulley assembly and a recoil assembly from China
N299777
August 10, 2018
The tariff classification of a Spark Plug Gaskets from India
N296092
April 19, 2018
The tariff classification of Ignition Coils from an unspecified country. Correction to Ruling Number N295710
N295710
April 5, 2018
The tariff classification of Ignition Coils from an unspecified country
N282398
January 27, 2017
The tariff classification of a Coil Housing Assembly from China
H273100
January 6, 2017
Regional Value Content & NAFTA Eligibility of Intermediate Material Used in Construction of Certain Lawn Tractor Starter Motors
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