8501.32DC motors
HTS Code 8501.32 covers any article best defined as Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such ArticlesElectrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articlesElectric motors and generators (excluding generating sets):Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators:Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW: in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 4 sub-classifications.
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What does HTS code 8501.32 cover?
HTS code 8501.32 covers DC motors (Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW:), classified under Chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles) in the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule. There are 4 more specific sub-classifications under this code.
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