15%
HTS code 8516.10.00.40 · Water heater · origin the European Union · data as of 2026-09-22
A shipment of water heater entering the United States from the European Union is classified under HTS code 8516.10.00.40 and pays 15% total import duty on its customs value. That is the 0% normal (MFN) rate plus Reciprocal tariff, 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.
| Layer | Heading | Rate | As the schedule words it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General) | 8516.10.00.40 | 0% | Free |
| Reciprocal tariff | 9903.02.20 | 15% | 15% |
| Total | 15% | ||
8516.10.00.40.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.
The reciprocal tariff is the across-the-board rate applied to a trading partner. For some partners a ceiling applies, so the reciprocal rate and the normal rate together cannot exceed that ceiling.
Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric flatirons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545; parts thereof: > Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters > Storage water heaters
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