Code 8516 80 · Heading 8516

Electric heating elements, excluding those made of agglomerated carbon or graphite

This code covers electric heating elements, except those made of agglomerated carbon or graphite. It includes elements whether or not they are mounted with insulators.

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An electric heating element mounted with insulators
An electric heating element not mounted with insulators and not made of agglomerated carbon or graphite

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Official tariff text

Electric heating resistors (excl. those of agglomerated coal and graphite)

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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 8516 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and… 16 of 48 headings under chapter 85
What type of product is it: an electric water heater or immersion heater; a space- or soil-heating appliance; a hair-treatment or hand-drying appliance; an iron; a microwave oven; an oven, cooker, cooking appliance or grill; an electric household coffee or tea machine; a household toaster; another electrothermal household appliance; an electric heating element; or a part for one of these products?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8516 80 Electric heating resistors (excl. those of agglomer… 13 of 14 subheadings under heading 8516
Is the electric heating element mounted with insulators?

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Export to Norway

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85.16.8000

Electric heating resisters

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.

8516 80 20 10

Assembled only with a simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or de-icing, 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.
8516 80 20 20

Car door mirror heating foil: - with two electrical contacts, - with an adhesive layer on both sides (on the side of the plastic holder of the mirror and on the side of the mirror glass), - with a protective paper film on both sides 

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8516 80 20 90

Other

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8516 80 80 10

Electric heating resistor with a triple loop design: -mainly made of AISI 316L stainless steel, -with a rated voltage of 230V, -with a rated power of 2000W, -with a total heating element length of 217 mm or more, but not more than 223 mm, -with a heating element working length of 169,5 mm or more, but not more than 174,5 mm, -with a mounting flange diameter of 28 mm or more, but not more than 32 mm, -with a heating element bending radius of 10,75 mm, -equipped with thermal fuses, -without a built-in NTC sensor, -with nickel plated terminal pin and connector

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8516 80 80 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. 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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