Electric transformers — HS code 85.04

Electric transformers — HS code 85.04. 8504.10 discharge lamps or tubes, ballasts therefor · 8504.21 electrical transformers, liquid dielectric…

Source: Turkish Ministry of Trade — Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule (TGTC), 2026 edition. Data last updated: . Compiled from the official schedule for information only. Binding tariff information is issued by the customs administration.

What this heading covers

Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors

The first six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the twelve-digit breakdown below them is specific to Türkiye. This heading has 11 subheadings and 77 twelve-digit codes (2026 schedule).

This heading sits in chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles). Classification is governed by the official chapter notes: a note can pull goods into the chapter or push them out of it.

Supplementary units used by the codes under this heading: Adet, adet, Kg.

Subheadings and tariff codes

The code used on a customs declaration has twelve digits. The list below gives the six-digit subheading first, then the twelve-digit codes underneath it. Opening a code shows its definition and the Turkish import duty rows registered against it.

Official English wording exists only down to the six-digit HS subheading. The twelve-digit breakdowns below it are national lines published by Türkiye in Turkish only, so they are shown here in Turkish — translating them ourselves would put words on a customs code that no authority has approved.

8504.10 — Discharge lamps or tubes; ballasts therefor

8504.22 — Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 650kVA but not exceeding 10,000kVA

8504.23 — Electrical transformers; liquid dielectric, having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000kVA

8504.31 — Electrical transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1kVA

8504.32 — Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 1kVA but not exceeding 16kVA

8504.33 — Transformers; n.e.c. in item no. 8504.2, having a power handling capacity exceeding 16kVA but not exceeding 500kVA

8504.40 — Electrical static converters

8504.50 — Electrical inductors; n.e.c. in heading no. 8504

8504.90 — Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors; parts thereof

8504.21

8504.34

Türkiye import duty rates under this heading

The ranges below are the rates Türkiye applies on import, compiled from the import regime rows registered against the 77 codes under this heading. The HS code itself is identical in every country down to six digits; only these rates and the twelve-digit breakdown are Türkiye's. A range is always calculated within a single column; different country groups are never mixed. The rate that applies to you depends on both the twelve-digit code and the country of origin — open the specific code for the exact value.

These are the columns of Türkiye's Import Regime Decree: in the industrial-goods list and the additional-duty table the columns are published by number: 1 = EU members and free trade agreement partners, 2 = Qatar, 3 = United Arab Emirates, 4-5-6 = Generalised System of Preferences groups (least developed, special incentive, developing), 7 = all other countries. A preferential column only applies where a valid proof of origin is filed.

The rate becomes an amount as follows: customs duty = customs value (price of the goods + freight to the Turkish border + insurance) × rate. The additional customs duty applies to the same base, not on top of the customs duty. VAT is calculated last, on the customs value plus every tax paid at customs plus the costs incurred up to registration of the declaration.

Which subcode you pick changes the duty you pay

The 44 import regime rows under this heading do not carry the same rate. The bands below are the values in list column 7; confirm which row governs your goods before you settle on a twelve-digit code.

The same split also appears in these columns: list column 2 · list column 3.

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