HS Code Detail
854442 Chapter 85 · Electronics Electric cables and conductors fitted with connectors
Six-digit subheading in Electronics, chapter 85 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 1 destination markets.
Anatomy of 854442
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 854442: ten digits in most national tariffs, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what decides the rate, and the single row below is the Canada figure for this subheading.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 1 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 854442 into Canada
An illustrative consignment of 854442 invoiced at CAD 2,000.00, priced in CAD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | CAD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | CAD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | CAD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | CAD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | CAD 0.00 |
| Canada tax at 5%, charged on the value plus the duty | CAD 100.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | CAD 2,250.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Canada relieves customs duties and taxes on consignments at or under CAD 20. The 854442 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly CAD 20 with no freight would be charged CAD 0.00 of duty and CAD 0.00 of tax, a total of CAD 20.00. The rate on the 854442 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved.
Selling rather than buying? CAD 2,250.00 is what your buyer in Canada pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Canada sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 854442 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 854442 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch85-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 0%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 8544.42.00 Free
Markets with no figure recorded
United States: United States splits 8544.42 into 3 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 2.6%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no United States figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
United Kingdom: United Kingdom splits 8544.42 into 9 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 2%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no United Kingdom figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Australia: Australia splits 8544.42 into 4 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 5%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no Australia figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Germany: Germany splits 8544.42 into 9 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 3.3%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no Germany figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Portugal: Portugal splits 8544.42 into 9 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 3.3%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no Portugal figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Re-check first: Canada charges nothing on electric conductors fitted with connectors. The other three markets read all split the subheading, so a figure there depends on the voltage and the end use of the cable. A conductor of the same kind without connectors is 8544.49.
What falls under 854442
- Electric conductors for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V, fitted with connectors
- USB and charging cables, patch leads, power cords with plugs and wiring harnesses with terminations
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
854449: Cable without connectors
The subheading turns on whether connectors are fitted, so the same cable on a drum and cut into terminated leads takes two different subheadings. Bulk cable for installation is 8544.49 and a finished patch lead is 8544.42.
847330: Computer parts and accessories
A cable is named by its own heading, so a USB or display cable is a conductor of 8544 rather than an accessory of the computer it plugs into. Declaring cables as computer parts is one of the most common errors in electronics consignments.
Classification & cost note
Two facts set this subheading, a voltage ceiling and the presence of fitted connectors, and the second is the one that moves goods. Cable sold by the metre and cable cut and terminated into leads are the same copper in different states and different subheadings, so a business importing both needs two lines. The more expensive error is the other one: cables are named by their own heading, which means they never become parts of the equipment they connect, and a consignment of charging cables declared as phone accessories or computer parts is misdeclared however sensible that sounds commercially. Cables with electronics in the connector, such as active adapters that convert one signal format to another, are a genuine question, because a cable that processes rather than merely conducts can leave 8544 for the heading covering what it does.
Typical products: USB A, USB C and lightning charging cables · Ethernet patch leads · Mains power cords with moulded plugs · Display cables such as HDMI and DisplayPort leads · Automotive and appliance wiring harnesses · Extension leads with fitted sockets
What the notes to section XVI say
Chapter 85 sits in section XVI, 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 articles, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the 6 reaching chapter 85 are quoted whole on the chapter 85 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/16 on 2026-09-08, and this is the one that names heading 8544 by number.
Note 2 to section XVI
Subject to note 1 to this section, note 1 to Chapter 84 and to note 1 to Chapter 85, parts of machines (not being parts of the articles of heading 8484, 8544, 8545, 8546 or 8547) are to be classified according to the following rules: a.
What the nomenclature says about heading 8544
854442 is a subheading of 8544, insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors , and it is the only code this site holds under that heading.
No numbered note to chapter 85 takes heading 8544 as its subject, which is what the published notes say rather than a gap on this page: the heading is defined by its own wording above and by the note to the chapter, quoted in full on the chapter 85 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 85 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/85, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/8544, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 85 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 854442
Does a cable without connectors share this code?
No. Fitted connectors are part of the subheading definition, so bulk cable on a drum sits in the adjacent line and a terminated lead sits here. The same cable in two states takes two codes.
Are USB cables computer accessories?
No. Cables are named by heading 8544, so they are conductors in their own right rather than parts or accessories of the equipment they connect. This is a frequent misdeclaration in electronics shipments.
What about adapters with electronics inside the connector?
Those are genuinely arguable. A cable that actively converts a signal rather than simply conducting it can leave heading 8544 for the heading covering the conversion function, depending on what the electronics do.
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