Code 8533 21 · Heading 8533

Fixed resistors for power <= 20 W, excluding heating resistors

This covers fixed electrical resistors for power <= 20 W. Heating resistors are excluded.

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A fixed resistor for power <= 20 W, excluding heating resistors

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Fixed electrical resistors for a power handling capacity <= 20 W (excl. heating resistors)

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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 8533 Electrical resistors, incl. rheostats and potentiom… 32 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it a fixed resistor, a fixed carbon or film resistor, a variable wirewound resistor including a rheostat or potentiometer, another variable resistor including a rheostat or potentiometer, or a part for one of these?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8533 21 Fixed electrical resistors for a power handling cap… 2 of 7 subheadings under heading 8533
Is it a fixed resistor for power <= 20 W and not a heating resistor?

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8533 21 00 Fixed electrical resistors for a power handling capacity <= 20 W (excl. heating resistors) Duty free Save

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8533 10 Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types (excl. heating resistors) 0.0%
8533 21 Fixed electrical resistors for a power handling capacity <= 20 W (excl. heating resistors) you are here 0.0%
8533 29 Fixed electrical resistors for a power handling capacity > 20 W (excl. heating resistors) 0.0%
8533 31 Wirewound variable electrical resistors, incl. rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity <= 20 W (excl. heating resistors) 0.0%
8533 39 Wirewound variable electrical resistors, incl. rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity > 20 W (excl. heating resistors) 0.0%
8533 40 Electrical variable resistors, incl. rheostats and potentiometers (excl. wirewound variable resistors and heating resistors) 0.0%
8533 90 Parts of electrical resistors, incl. rheostats and potentiometers, n.e.s. 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

85.33.2100

For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W

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.

8533 21 00 00

For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W

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. 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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