How to export switchboards over 1,000 V to the United States? GTİP code, documents, customs duty and buyers
Imports of heading 8537 from Türkiye into the United States came to US$383m in the last 12 months (September 2025–August 2026): 1.6% of its imports. Against the 12 months before: +230.6%.
Figures are for heading 8537: the official statistics go no deeper. Each figure has its source and date beside it.
Imports from Türkiye into the United States
Heading 8537 · September 2025 – August 2026
US$383m+230.6% on the 12 months before
The 12 months before: US$116m
- From Türkiye
- Other origins
Reported by the United States, from its own import statistics.
UN Comtrade (United Nations Statistics Division)
Dataset UN Comtrade C/M/HS(opens in a new tab)Updated at the source on 30 October 2026.
The customs watch computed these figures on 2 November 2026.
The market in the United States
The market's own import figures for heading 8537, last 12 months.
- Imports from the world, 12 months
- US$24.4bn+14.9% on the 12 months before
- Türkiye's share
- 1.6%0.5% in the 12 months before
The largest suppliers
| Origin | 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|
| US$9.67bn | 39.6% | |
| US$2.47bn | 10.1% | |
| US$1.64bn | 6.7% | |
| US$1.12bn | 4.6% | |
| US$1.09bn | 4.5% |
Customs duty
17.7%on the FOB value
2.7% general rate + 15% on Türkiye's goods (heading 9903.02.64)From the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (USITC), 2026 HTS Revision 22No free trade agreement with TürkiyeMinistry of Trade, checked 2 November 2026(opens in a new tab)The rate set for HS 8537.20checked on 2 November 2026Official source(opens in a new tab)
Rules notified to the WTO
Rules for this product in United States as notified to the WTO: draft regulations, emergency measures and their changes, newest first.
- G/TBT/N/USA/2313Technical rules (TBT)New rule
Seeking Comment on Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Certain Foreign-Produced Military-Grade Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) and UAS Critical Components for Non-U.S. Government, Including Those With Swarming Capabilities
Products: Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including foreign-produced military-grade drones; heavy-payload and long-range uncrewed aircraft; uncrewed aircraft equipped for specialized payloads (including chemical dispensing systems, thermal imaging, LiDAR, and optical/infrared sensors); uncrewed aircraft with swarming or multi-aircraft formation coordination capabilities; ground control stations and UAS remote control units; flight control hardware and navigation systems; wireless data transmission devices, radio control links, and telemetry modules; propulsion units and electric motors for uncrewed aircraft; high-capacity drone batteries and battery management systems (BMS); optical cameras and digital video camera recorders; thermal imaging, night-vision, and infrared cameras; LiDAR modules and optical surveying sensors; live video transmission payload equipment; automated drone docking stations, landing pads, and housing enclosures; automated battery charging pads and ground power infrastructure for uncrewed aircraft; Electric motors and generators (excl. generating sets) (HS code(s): 8501); Electrical transformers, static converters, e.g. rectifiers, and inductors; parts thereof (HS code(s): 8504); Primary cells and primary batteries, electrical; parts thereof (excl. spent) (HS code(s): 8506); Lithium-ion accumulators (excl. spent) (HS code(s): 850760); Telephone sets, incl. smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, incl. apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network, parts thereof (excl. transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528) (HS code(s): 8517); Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (HS code(s): 8525); Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus (HS code(s): 8526); Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, incl. those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus (excl. switching apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy) (HS code(s): 8537); Surveying, incl. photogrammetrical surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances (excl. compasses); rangefinders (HS code(s): 9015); Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, e.g. polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, incl. exposure meters; microtomes (HS code(s): 9027); Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines not elsewhere specified in chapter 90; profile projectors (HS code(s): 9031); Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Rotating machinery (ICS code(s): 29.160); Galvanic cells and batteries (ICS code(s): 29.220); Radiocommunications (ICS code(s): 33.060); Mobile services (ICS code(s): 33.070); Other standards related to photography (ICS code(s): 37.040.99); Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 49.020); On-board equipment and instruments (ICS code(s): 49.090); Ground service and maintenance equipment (ICS code(s): 49.100); Cargo equipment (ICS code(s): 49.120)
Notified on 4 August 2026Comments until 2 September 2026
On ePing(opens in a new tab)The notification(opens in a new tab)
1 notification in all; none open for comments. Titles and products as notified, in English.
Source: the World Trade Organization's ePing.
The code
HS subheading (6 digits), the same in every country
GTİP 8537.20
Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases; for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts
Official Turkish title: Elektriğin kontrol/dağıtımı için, iki/daha fazla cihazla donatılmış tablo, pano, sayısal kontrol cihazları, vb.; gerilimi > 1000 V
Heading 8537Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 for electricity control and distribution, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517)
Türkiye exported €476m of HS 8537.20 in 2025: rank 94 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
2 national tariff lines (12 digits)
Declarations in Türkiye use one of these lines; each has its own page.
- 8537.20.91.00.00Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage > 1.000 V but <= 72,5 kV
- 8537.20.99.00.00Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage > 72,5 kV
Its page in the codes guideTÜİK Sınıflama Sunucusu: GTİP 2026(opens in a new tab)UN Statistics Division: HS 2022 (H6)(opens in a new tab)
Frequently asked questions
- What import duty does the United States charge on switchboards over 1,000 V?
- the United States charges 17.7% on switchboards over 1,000 V of Turkish origin (on the FOB value). The rate was checked at its source on 2 November 2026.
- Where does Türkiye rank among the United States's suppliers of switchboards over 1,000 V?
- From September 2025 to August 2026, Türkiye supplied 1.6% of the United States's imports of HS 8537: No. 11 of 124 supplying countries.
- Are Türkiye's exports of switchboards over 1,000 V to the United States growing?
- Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), US$383m of goods under HS 8537 went from Türkiye to the United States: +230.6% on the 12 months before.
