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8501Chapter 85

8501 — Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

HS code 8501 classifies Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets). It belongs to Chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles) of Section XVI (Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles) of the Harmonized System.

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Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

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Common questions

What is HS code 8501?
Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)
What does 8501 include?
It covers 17 subheadings: 850110 Motors of an output not exceeding 37,5 W; 850120 Universal AC/DC motors of an output exceeding 37,5 W; 850131 Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output not exceeding 750 W; 850132 Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW; 850133 Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output exceeding 75 kW but not exceeding 375 kW; 850134 Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output exceeding 375 kW; 850140 Other AC motors, single-phase; 850151 Other AC motors, multi-phase — Of an output not exceeding 750 W; 850152 Other AC motors, multi-phase — Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW; 850153 Other AC motors, multi-phase — Of an output exceeding 75 kW; 850161 AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA; 850162 AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA; 850163 AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 750 kVA; 850164 AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators — Of an output exceeding 750 kVA; 850171 Photovoltaic DC generators — Of an output not exceeding 50 W; 850172 Photovoltaic DC generators — Of an output exceeding 50  W; 850180 Photovoltaic AC generators.

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