Code 8538 90 · Heading 8538

Other dedicated parts for electrical switching, protection, connection or control equipment, excluding panels and similar housings

This covers parts used exclusively or mainly with electrical equipment for switching, interrupting, protecting or connecting circuits, or with control equipment. It excludes panels, plates, consoles, desks, cabinets and similar items for control equipment when supplied without the built-in equipment.

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Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus)

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Step 4 of 4

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 8538 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with t… 37 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it an empty board, plate, console, control desk, cabinet or similar housing for 8537 equipment, without the built-in apparatus?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8538 90 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with t… 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 8538
Is it a part for a wafer tester under heading 8536 90 20, an assembled electronic component for the specified equipment, or a panel, plate, console, desk, cabinet or similar item for control equipment without the built-in equipment; if none of these, it belongs here?

This is the catch-all under 8538: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within the group of dedicated parts for this electrical equipment, this is where the parts go that are not panels or similar items for control equipment without the built-in equipment and are not covered by a more specifically named child category.

8538 10 Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus

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8538 10 Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus 0.0%
8538 90 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus) you are here 0.0–3.2%

Export to Norway

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

85.38.9000

Other

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.

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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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