Lithium-ion batteries

ABOUT THIS CODE

HTS 8507.60.0000, filed for CN-origin shipments under "Lithium-ion batteries", sits in Chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers). The schedule reaches this line starting from heading 8507 — "Electric storage batteries, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square); parts thereof", narrowing to 8507.60.00 ("Lithium-ion batteries"). Level 1 — 8507: "Electric storage batteries, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square); parts thereof." Level 2 — 8507.60.00: "Lithium-ion batteries." Filed as: "Lithium-ion batteries." Reading HTS 8507.60.0000's own digits: 8507 names the heading, 60 the subheading, and 0000 the statistical suffix — equivalently, digit positions 1 through 4 read 8507, positions 5 and 6 read 60, and the final four positions read 0000. Special (FTA/preference): "Free (A,AU,B,BH,C,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)." Column 2 (non-MFN): "40%." Stacked for 8507.60.0000: 3.4% MFN general duty plus 25% under IEEPA (9903.91.06) = 28.4%. Rate history for 8507.60.0000: no change detected since HTSAlert began monitoring this Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers line.