Code 8504 40 · Heading 8504

Static electrical converters

This code covers static electrical converters, including battery chargers, rectifiers, inverters and other static converters. The specific type and, for inverters, the power limit determine the child code.

For example

A battery charger, except a rectifier with a polycrystalline semiconductor
A rectifier
An inverter with power <= 7.5 kVA
An inverter with power > 7.5 KVA

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Static converters

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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 40 Static converters 9 of 11 subheadings under heading 8504
What type of static converter is it: a battery charger (except a rectifier with a polycrystalline semiconductor), a rectifier, an inverter with power <= 7.5 kVA, an inverter with power > 7.5 KVA, or another static converter?

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Export to Norway

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

85.04.4010

Rectifiers

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
85.04.4090

Other

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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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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Inductors (excl. inductors for discharge lamps or tubes)

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