HTS 8540
Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode tubes (for example, vacuum or vapor or gas filled tubes, mercury arc rectifying tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes); parts thereof
| General rate | Not stated for this line What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Not stated for this line Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | Not stated for this line Only for the few countries without normal trade relations. |
This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.
Additional duties may apply
This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.
Statistical breakouts
The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.
| Code | Description | Units | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8540.11 | Color | — | see above |
| 8540.11.10 | Non-high definition, non-projection, having a video display diagonal exceeding 35.56 cm | — | 15% |
| 8540.11.10.30 | Not exceeding 39 cm | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.10.40 | Exceeding 39 cm but not exceeding 45 cm | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.10.50 | Exceeding 45 cm but not exceeding 50 cm | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.10.55 | Exceeding 50 cm but not exceeding 63 cm | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.10.85 | Exceeding 63 cm | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.24.01 | Having a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | No. | 7.5% |
| 8540.11.28.01 | Other | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.30.00 | High definition, having a video display diagonal exceeding 35.56 cm | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.44.01 | Having a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | No. | 7.5% |
| 8540.11.48.01 | Other | No. | 15% |
| 8540.11.50.00 | Other | No. | 15% |
| 8540.12 | Monochrome | — | see above |
| 8540.12.10.00 | Non-high definition | No. | 3.6% |
| 8540.12.20.00 | High definition | No. | 3.6% |
| 8540.12.50 | Non-high definition | — | 3.3% |
| 8540.12.50.40 | Projection | No. | 3.3% |
| 8540.12.50.80 | Other | No. | 3.3% |
| 8540.12.70.00 | High definition | No. | 3.3% |
| 8540.20 | Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes | — | see above |
| 8540.20.20 | Cathode-ray tubes | — | 6% |
| 8540.20.20.40 | Color | No. | 6% |
| 8540.20.20.80 | Other | No. | 6% |
| 8540.20.40.00 | Other | No. | 3.3% |
| 8540.40.10 | Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, color, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4 mm | — | 3% |
| 8540.40.10.10 | Color | No. | 3% |
| 8540.40.10.50 | Other | No. | 3% |
| 8540.60.00 | Other cathode-ray tubes | — | 3% |
| 8540.60.00.20 | Not exceeding 30 cm | No. | 3% |
| 8540.60.00.65 | Exceeding 30 cm but not exceeding 36 cm | No. | 3% |
| 8540.60.00.80 | Exceeding 36 cm | No. | 3% |
| 8540.71 | Magnetrons | — | see above |
| 8540.71.20.00 | Modified for use as parts of microwave ovens | No. | Free |
| 8540.71.40.00 | Other | No. | 3.7% |
| 8540.79 | Other | — | see above |
| 8540.79.10.00 | Klystrons | No. | 3.3% |
| 8540.79.20.00 | Other | No. | 3.7% |
| 8540.81.00.00 | Receiver or amplifier tubes | No. | 4.2% |
| 8540.89.00 | Other | — | 3.7% |
| 8540.89.00.20 | Gas and vapor electron tubes | No. | 3.7% |
| 8540.89.00.40 | Diodes, triodes and tetrodes | No. | 3.7% |
| 8540.89.00.60 | Light-sensing tubes | No. | 3.7% |
| 8540.89.00.80 | Other | No. | 3.7% |
| 8540.91 | Of cathode-ray tubes | — | see above |
| 8540.91.15.00 | Front panel assemblies | No. | 5.4% |
| 8540.91.20.00 | Deflection coils | No. | Free |
| 8540.91.50.00 | Other | kg | 5.4% |
| 8540.99 | Other | — | see above |
| 8540.99.40.00 | Electron guns; radio frequency (RF) interaction structures for microwave tubes of subheadings 8540.71 through 8540.79, inclusive | No. | Free |
| 8540.99.80.00 | Other | No. | Free |
What changed
No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.
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Before you rely on this
Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call. This page publishes the schedule as USITC does; it does not calculate what an entry will cost.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.