Code 8511 90 · Heading 8511

Parts for electrical starting and ignition equipment, starter motors, generators and similar equipment for combustion engines, not elsewhere specified

This category covers parts for the electrical starting and ignition equipment, starter motors, generators and similar equipment used with combustion engines. The part must not be one of the specifically named product classes in the neighbouring categories and must not be covered elsewhere.

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Parts of electrical ignition or starting equipment, generators, etc. of heading 8511, n.e.s.

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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 90 Parts of electrical ignition or starting equipment,… 7 of 7 subheadings under heading 8511
Is the product a spark plug; a magneto, magneto-generator or flywheel magnet; a distributor or ignition coil; a starter motor; a generator; other electrical starting or ignition equipment including a back-current relay; or is it a part for this equipment that is not one of those named product classes?

This is the catch-all under 8511: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

This is the remainder for parts of the electrical starting and ignition equipment, starter motors, generators and similar equipment used with combustion engines when no neighbouring category specifically names the part or product.

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Export to Norway

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

85.11.9000

Parts

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

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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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