PCT 8516.3100 · September 2026 · Imports
Electro-thermic hair dryers
Pakistan imported US$315,471 under PCT 8516.3100 in September 2026, on 52 declarations by 37 importers. China supplied 97.9%. Most cargo loaded at Ningbo and Shekou. Importers paid an effective 72.4% in duties and taxes, mostly sales tax. Average declared value: $7.54 per unit.
Import value
$315k
Rs 89.3m
Duties & taxes
72.4%
Rs 64.7m collected
Goods declarations
52
59 line items
Avg. unit value
$7.54 / unit
41,854 units (as declared)
Source countries
Other
$7k2.1%
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value72.4%effective rate · Rs 64.7m paid on Rs 89.3m of goods
Sales taxRs 27.6m30.8%
Customs dutyRs 12m13.4%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 8.7m9.8%
Other leviesRs 7.2m8.0%
Regulatory dutyRs 7.1m8.0%
Additional customs dutyRs 1.8m2.0%
Additional sales taxRs 322,1560.4%
Ports of loading
Transport mode
Dry port$145k46.0%
Sea$124k39.4%
Air$24k7.7%
Land border$22k6.9%
Entry point in Pakistan
Related codes under heading 8516
16 codes- 8516.1090 Electric, instantaneous or storage water and immersion heaters $168k
- 8516.2900 Electric soil heating apparatus and space heating apparatus (excluding storage… $208k
- 8516.3200 Electro-thermic, other than hair dryers $118k
- 8516.3300 Hand-drying apparatus, electro-thermic $10k
- 8516.4000 Smoothing irons, electric $255k
- 8516.5090 Microwave, of a kind used for domestic purposes $40k
- 8516.6010 Of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) $49k
- 8516.6030 Of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) $54k
- 8516.6090 Of a kind used for domestic purposes (excluding microwaves) $417k
- 8516.7100 Coffee or tea makers, of a kind used for domestic purposes $88k
- 8516.7200 Toasters, of a kind used for domestic purposes $5k
- 8516.7910 N.e.c. in heading no. 8516, used for domestic purposes $253k
- 8516.7990 N.e.c. in heading no. 8516, used for domestic purposes $68k
- 8516.8010 Electric heating, other than those of heading no. 8545 $104k
- 8516.8090 Electric heating, other than those of heading no. 8545 $735k
- 8516.9000 Parts, of heating resistors, of water, space and soil heaters, hair-dressing… $4.1m
About this PCT code
- Section
- XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment
- Chapter
- 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and…
- Heading
- 8516 · Electric water, space, soil heaters, electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus, hand dryers, irons…
- PCT code
- 8516.3100 · Hair-dressing apparatus, electro-thermic hair dryers
Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.