HTS Index

HTS heading 8518

Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets; parts thereof — 23 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8518Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets; parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8518.10Microphones and stands therefor + Ch. 99not stated
8518.10.40.00Microphones having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz with a diameter of not exceeding 10 mm and a height not exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunication use + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.10.80Other + Ch. 99Free
8518.10.80.30Microphones + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8518.10.80)No.
8518.10.80.40Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8518.10.80)No.
8518.21.00.00Single loudspeakers, mounted in their enclosures + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.22.00.00Multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosure + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.29Other + Ch. 99not stated
8518.29.40.00Without housing, having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz with a diameter of not exceeding 50 mm, for telecommunication use + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.29.80.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.30Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers + Ch. 99not stated
8518.30.10.00Line telephone handsets + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.30.20.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.40Audio-frequency electric amplifiers + Ch. 99not stated
8518.40.10.00For use as repeaters in line telephony + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.40.20.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.50.00.00Electric sound amplifier sets + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.90Parts + Ch. 99not stated
8518.90.20.00Printed circuit assemblies of line telephone handsets; parts of repeaters + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.90.41.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.90.60.00Printed circuit assemblies of the articles of subheading 8518.10.40 or 8518.29.40 + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8518.90.81.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.

2 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

23 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.