Code 8504 34 · Heading 8504

Dry-type transformer over 500 kVA

This code covers dry-type transformers with a power rating over 500 kVA. It does not cover liquid-insulated transformers or transformer parts.

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A dry-type transformer with a power rating over 500 kVA

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Transformers having a power handling capacity > 500 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 34 Transformers having a power handling capacity > 500… 8 of 11 subheadings under heading 8504
What is the product: a discharge-lamp reactor; a liquid-insulated transformer with a power of <= 650 kVA, > 650 kVA but <= 10,000 kVA, or > 10,000 kVA; a dry-type transformer with a power of <= 1 kVA, > 1 kVA but <= 16 kVA, > 16 kVA but <= 500 kVA, or over 500 kVA; a static converter; an induction coil; or a transformer or induction-coil part?

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8504 34 00 Transformers having a power handling capacity > 500 kVA (excl. liquid dielectric transformers) 3.7% Save

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Export to Norway

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85.04.3400

Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 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

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8504 34 00 00

Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA

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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