Code 8511 40 · Heading 8511

Electric starter motors for internal combustion engines, including those with a generator function

This code covers electric starter motors used for internal combustion engines. It also covers starter motors that have a generator function.

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Electric starter motor for an internal combustion engine
Electric starter motor with a generator function for an internal combustion engine

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Official tariff text

Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines

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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 8511 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind… 11 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it a spark plug; a magneto, magneto generator or flywheel magnet; a distributor or ignition coil; an electrical starter motor; a generator; other electrical starting or ignition equipment including a reverse-current relay; or a part for equipment in this heading?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8511 40 Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators … 4 of 7 subheadings under heading 8511
What type of item is it: a spark plug; a magneto, magneto generator or flywheel magneto; a distributor or ignition coil; a starter motor; a generator; other electric starting or ignition equipment; or a part for this equipment?

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8511 40 00 Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines 3.2% Save

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8511 10 Sparking plugs of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines 3.2%
8511 20 Ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos and magnetic flywheels, for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines 3.2%
8511 30 Distributors and ignition coils of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines 3.2%
8511 40 Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines you are here 3.2%
8511 50 Generators of a kind used for internal combustion engines (excl. magneto dynamos and dual purpose starter-generators) 3.2%
8511 80 Electrical ignition or starting equipment, incl. cut-outs, of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (excl. generators, starter motors, distributors, ignition coils, ignition magnetos, magnetic flywheels and sparking plugs) 3.2%
8511 90 Parts of electrical ignition or starting equipment, generators, etc. of heading 8511, n.e.s. 3.2%

Export to Norway

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

85.11.4000

Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators

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. 9, 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.

8511 40 00 10

For use in civil aircraft

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8511 40 00 90

Other

Ordinary duty

2.0%

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. 9, 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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