Code 8504 32 · Heading 8504

Dry transformers over 1 kVA and not over 16 kVA

This code covers electrical transformers with power over 1 kVA and not over 16 kVA. It excludes liquid-insulated transformers.

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A dry electrical transformer with power over 1 kVA and not over 16 kVA
A dry transformer with power over 1 kVA and not over 16 kVA

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Official tariff text

Transformers, having a power handling capacity > 1 kVA but <= 16 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers)

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereo… 2 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the product: an electrical motor, generator or converter; a transformer or electrical converter; a magnet; a primary cell or battery; an accumulator; a household appliance; a shaver or hair-removal appliance; equipment for an internal-combustion engine, vehicle or bicycle; a portable lamp; an industrial or laboratory heating appliance; soldering or welding equipment; another electrical heating appliance; a telephone or other data-communication device; sound equipment; video equipment or recording media; a display module; a radio, television, radar, navigation or remote-control device; electrical control, switching, lighting, semiconductor, circuit, cable or insulation equipment; another electrical machine or apparatus; or electrical and electronic waste or scrap?
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Step 3 · Heading 8504 Electrical transformers, static converters, e.g. re… 4 of 48 headings under chapter 85
What is the item: a reactor for discharge lamps or tubes; a liquid-insulated transformer with a power of <= 650 kVA, > 650 kVA but <= 10.000 kVA, or > 10.000 kVA; a dry transformer with a power of <= 1 kVA, > 1 kVA but <= 16 kVA, > 16 kVA but <= 500 kVA, or > 500 kVA; another transformer with a power of > 1 kVA but <= 16 kVA; a static converter; an induction coil other than one for discharge lamps or tubes; or a part for transformers and induction coils?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8504 32 Transformers, having a power handling capacity > 1 … 6 of 11 subheadings under heading 8504
Is it a transformer with power over 1 kVA and not over 16 kVA, excluding liquid-insulated transformers?

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8504 32 00 Transformers, having a power handling capacity > 1 kVA but <= 16 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers) 3.7% Save

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 3.7%.

8504 10 Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes 3.7%
8504 21 Liquid dielectric transformers, having a power handling capacity <= 650 kVA 3.7%
8504 22 Liquid dielectric transformers, having a power handling capacity > 650 kVA but <= 10.000 kVA No rate on file
8504 23 Liquid dielectric transformers, having a power handling capacity > 10.000 kVA 3.7%
8504 31 Transformers having a power handling capacity <= 1 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers) 3.7%
8504 32 Transformers, having a power handling capacity > 1 kVA but <= 16 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers) you are here 3.7%
8504 33 Transformers having a power handling capacity > 16 kVA but <= 500 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers) 3.7%
8504 34 Transformers having a power handling capacity > 500 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers) 3.7%
8504 40 Static converters 0.0%
8504 50 Inductors (excl. inductors for discharge lamps or tubes) 0.0%
8504 90 Parts of electrical transformers and inductors, n.e.s. 0.0%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

85.04.3200

Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVA

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.