🇪🇺 EU TARIC code

TARIC 8504.40.30.00Static Converters / Power Supplies

8504.40.30.00 is the 10-digit EU TARIC code for static converters / power supplies. The third-country MFN duty rate is 0% on the CIF customs value. Combined Nomenclature code 8504.40.30. EU import VAT (17–27%, by member state) applies on top. Verified April 2026 against the EU TARIC database.

Static converters (rectifiers, switching power supplies) for telecommunication, ADP machines and similar equipment.

How TARIC 8504.40.30.00 breaks down

8504positions 1–4HS heading (international, WCO)
85044positions 1–6HS subheading (international, WCO)
8504.40.30positions 1–8CN code — sets the EU MFN duty rate
8504.40.30.00positions 9–10TARIC suffix — EU-wide measures (ADD, suspensions, quotas)
🇪🇺EU MFN
0%
EU TARIC
🇬🇧UK Global Tariff
0%
UK Trade Tariff
🇺🇸US MFN
Free
USITC HTS

EU import VAT applied on top of duty

The EU duty rate of 0% is uniform across the 27 member states. VAT is set nationally and applies to the customs value plus the import duty.

Member state
VAT
IOSS support
🇩🇪 Germany
19%
Yes — register via Bundeszentralamt für Steuern
🇫🇷 France
20%
Yes — register via DGFiP / impots.gouv.fr
🇮🇹 Italy
22%
Yes — register via Agenzia delle Entrate
🇪🇸 Spain
21%
Yes — register via Agencia Tributaria
🇳🇱 Netherlands
21%
Yes — common IOSS hub for non-EU sellers
🇮🇪 Ireland
23%
Yes — common IOSS hub for English-speaking sellers
🇵🇱 Poland
23%
Yes — register via Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa
🇸🇪 Sweden
25%
Yes — register via Skatteverket
🇭🇺 Hungary
27%
Yes — highest VAT in the EU
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
17%
Yes — lowest standard VAT in the EU

For B2C shipments under €150, the seller may collect VAT at checkout via the IOSS (Import One-Stop Shop) scheme. Above €150, VAT is collected at the border by the customs broker or postal carrier.

Where 8504.40.30.00 sits in the EU schedule

Chapter: Chapter 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment

Heading: 8504 — Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors

CN code: 8504.40.30

TARIC code: 8504.40.30.00

Common products under TARIC 8504.40.30.00

  • Laptop chargers / AC adapters
  • Phone wall chargers
  • Switching power supplies
  • USB-C PD power bricks
  • Telecom rectifiers

Classification notes

8504.40.30 covers static converters used with telecommunication apparatus, automatic data-processing machines (laptops/desktops), and their peripherals. Generic AC/DC bench supplies fall under 8504.40.85 or 8504.40.95. Inverters for solar are 8504.40.90/95. UPS units (uninterruptible power supplies) are 8504.40.95.

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