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