Electrical ignition or starting equipment used for internal combustion engines, not elsewhere specified, and equipment used in conjunction with such engines, not elsewhere specified

US trade by year

US imports were $107.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 35% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $153.1M, down 4.8%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8549.21, 8549.29, 8549.31 and 3 more, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• France
• Germany
• Mexico
• Japan
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Average prices aren't shown because this product's lines are counted in different units.

The 3 largest suppliers had 51.0% of US imports over the last 12 months.

How the market is shifting

France gained the most share: 25.6% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 18.9% in the 12 months before. Japan lost the most: 11.7%, down from 18.6%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• France
• Germany
• Mexico
• Japan
• All countries

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

1. June 2026 · Duty paid: Germany 10.0% → 3.0%.
   • Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJun 4, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
2. October 2025–January 2026 · Duty paid: France 24.9% → 14.5%, Germany 21.5% → 12.5%, China 59.5% → 43.5%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment DealDec 4, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced TradeSep 25, 2025 · Office of the US Trade Representative
3. April–June 2025 · Duty paid: France 2.7% → 24.9%, Japan 3.2% → 19.3%, Germany 1.7% → 20.6%, China 27.3% → 62.0%, all countries 5.8% → 19.5%.
   • Imports of Automobiles, Automobile Parts, Civil Aircraft and Civil Aircraft Parts From the United Kingdom Under Executive Order 14309Jun 30, 2025 · International Trade Administration
4. September 2020 · Duty paid: China 17.9% → 27.0%.
   • Implementation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) Uniform Regulations Regarding Rules of OriginJul 1, 2020 · Treasury Department
5. April 2020 · Duty paid: China 24.9% → 17.9%.
6. May 2019 · Duty paid: China 15.5% → 23.9%.
7. September 2018 · Duty paid: China 2.6% → 15.1%.
   • Request for Comments Concerning Proposed Modification of Action Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and InnovationJul 17, 2018 · Office of the US Trade Representative

Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 8511.80

• Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJul 20, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJun 4, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment DealDec 4, 2025 · International Trade Administration

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 123 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

The biggest market outside the US is Iraq, which imported $314.7M of this product in 2024, 0.2% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Iraq grew fastest: up 552% from 2023 to 2024.

Related products

Other products under heading 8511: electrical ignition or starting equipment used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines; generators etc. therefor; parts. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.