HTS heading 8517
Telephone sets, including 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, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528; parts thereof — 19 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8517 | Telephone sets, including 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, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528; parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8517.11.00.00 | Line telephone sets with cordless handsets + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8517.13.00.00 | Smartphones + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8517.14.00 | Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8517.14.00.20 | Radio telephones designed for installation in motor vehicles for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication Service + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.14.00) | No. |
| 8517.14.00.50 | Other radio telephones designed for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication Service + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.14.00) | No. |
| 8517.14.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.14.00) | No. |
| 8517.18.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8517.18.00.10 | Videophones + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.18.00) | No. |
| 8517.18.00.20 | Multiline telephones (including key, call director and consoles) + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.18.00) | No. |
| 8517.18.00.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.18.00) | No. |
| 8517.61.00.00 | Base stations + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8517.62.00 | Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8517.62.00.10 | Modems, of a kind used with data processing machines of heading 8471 + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.62.00) | No. |
| 8517.62.00.20 | Switching and routing apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.62.00) | No. |
| 8517.62.00.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8517.62.00) | No. |
| 8517.69.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8517.71.00.00 | Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8517.79.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
9 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.
Additional duties may apply
19 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.