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Air conditioner tariff & import duty from China to the USA (2026) — HTS 8415.10.30

50%

HTS code 8415.10.30 · Air conditioner · origin China · data as of 2026-11-02

A shipment of air conditioner entering the United States from China is classified under HTS code 8415.10.30 and pays 50% total import duty on its customs value. That is the 0% normal (MFN) rate plus Section 232 and Section 301, each of which is a separate heading in Chapter 99 of the tariff schedule. The duty is worked out on the customs value of the goods, which is normally what you paid for them; freight, insurance, customs brokerage and any merchandise processing fee come on top and are not included in the figure above.

Heading 9903.82.03: no metals duty if the metal is under 15% of the weight of the article. That depends on the article.

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How the rate is built up

Layer	Heading	Rate	As the schedule words it
Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General)	`8415.10.30`	0%	Free
Section 232 (steel / aluminium / copper)	`9903.82.09`	25%	The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25%
Section 301 (China)	`9903.88.03`	25%	The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25%
Exempt from the forced-labor Section 301 duty	`9903.05.90`	0%	No additional duty
Total		50%

Common ways this question is asked

What is the tariff on air conditioner from China? 50% of the customs value, all layers included.
What is the HTS code for air conditioner? 8415.10.30.
How much is the import tax from China to the USA on air conditioner? The table above shows every duty that applies and the heading each one comes from.
Who pays it? The importer of record pays the duty to CBP at entry, not the seller abroad.

What each of these duties is

Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General)

The normal duty is the column 1-General rate the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sets for this code. Every country the United States trades with normally pays it unless a trade agreement or a preference programme says otherwise.

Section 232 (steel / aluminium / copper)

Section 232 covers steel, aluminium and copper on national-security grounds. It applies to the metal content and is charged whatever the origin is.

Section 301 (China)

Section 301 is the extra duty on goods of Chinese origin that sits on top of the normal rate. Which list a code falls on is set out in the Chapter 99 headings.

Exempt from the forced-labor Section 301 duty

This code is exempt from the forced-labor Section 301 duty, so that layer adds nothing here.

What the code rests on

Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated; parts thereof: > Of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or “split system”: > Self-contained

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Other origins

This page is information, not legal or customs advice. The final classification and the duty owed are decided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at entry. All products · Classify a whole list (free during beta) · Duty by country: report and data
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