Code 8516 90 · Heading 8516

Parts, not otherwise specified, for electric water heaters, heating and hair-treatment appliances, hand dryers, household electrothermal appliances and electric heating elements

This code covers parts for the listed electric water-heating, space-heating, hair-treatment, hand-drying and household electrothermal appliances, as well as parts for electric heating elements. The goods must be parts rather than complete products named by one of the neighbouring codes, and must not be otherwise specified.

For example

Replacement part for an electric water heater, not the complete water heater
Replacement part for an electric hand dryer, not the complete hand dryer
Replacement part for an electric household electrothermal appliance, not the complete appliance
Replacement part for an electric heating element, not the complete heating element

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Official tariff text

Parts of electric water heaters, immersion heaters, space-heating apparatus and soil-heating apparatus, hairdressing apparatus and hand dryers, electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes and electric heating resistors, 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 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 90 Parts of electric water heaters, immersion heaters,… 14 of 14 subheadings under heading 8516
Is the item a part for one of these appliances or heating elements, rather than a complete water heater, heating appliance, hair-treatment appliance, hand dryer, household electrothermal appliance or electric heating element named by a neighbouring code?

This is the catch-all under 8516: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

This is the remainder for parts of the parent group's listed appliances and electric heating elements that no neighbouring code names separately and that are not otherwise specified.

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8516 90 00 Parts of electric water heaters, immersion heaters, space-heating apparatus and soil-heating apparatus, hairdressing apparatus and hand dryers, electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes and electric heating resistors, n.e.s. 2.7% Save

Compare the sibling codes

Classification decides the rate here: from 2.7% to 5.0%.

8516 10 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters No rate on file
8516 21 Electric storage heating radiators, for space-heating 2.7%
8516 29 Electric space-heating and soil-heating apparatus (excl. storage heating radiators) No rate on file
8516 31 Electric hairdryers 2.7%
8516 32 Electro-thermic hairdressing apparatus (excl. hairdryers) 2.7%
8516 33 Electric hand-drying apparatus 2.7%
8516 40 Electric smoothing irons 2.7%
8516 50 Microwave ovens 5.0%
8516 60 Electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates and boiling rings, electric grillers and roasters, for domestic use (excl. space-heating stoves and microwave ovens) No rate on file
8516 71 Electro-thermic coffee or tea makers, for domestic use 2.7%
8516 72 Electric toasters, for domestic use 2.7%
8516 79 Electro-thermic appliances, for domestic use (excl. hairdressing appliances and hand dryers, space-heating and soil-heating apparatus, water heaters, immersion heaters, smoothing irons, microwave ovens, ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, roasters, coffee makers, tea makers and toasters) No rate on file
8516 80 Electric heating resistors (excl. those of agglomerated coal and graphite) 2.7%
8516 90 Parts of electric water heaters, immersion heaters, space-heating apparatus and soil-heating apparatus, hairdressing apparatus and hand dryers, electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes and electric heating resistors, n.e.s. you are here 2.7%

Export to Norway

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

85.16.9000

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

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

8516 90 00 10

For heating aircraft and wing surfaces, mounted on propeller aeroplanes, and for use in certain types of aircraft

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8516 90 00 51

Legs, tops and iron rests of ironing boards, including of sleeve boards, whether or not free standing, with a steam soaking and/or heating top and/or blowing top

Ordinary duty

2.7%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8516 90 00 70

Inner pot - containing side and central openings, - of annealed aluminium, - with a ceramic coating, heat resistant to more than 200° C for use in the manufacture of an electric fryer

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
8516 90 00 99

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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Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.