HTS Index

HTS heading 8525

Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders — 29 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8525Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders + Ch. 99not stated
8525.50Transmission apparatus + Ch. 99not stated
8525.50.10.00Set top boxes which have a communication function + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.50.30Other + Ch. 99Free
8525.50.30.15Apparatus for the reception of television signals relayed by television satellite + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.50.30)No.
8525.50.30.35Converters, decoders, preamplifiers, line amplifiers, distribution amplifiers and other amplifiers; directional couplers and other couplers; all the foregoing designed for cable or closed-circuit television applications + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.50.30)No.
8525.50.30.40Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.50.30)No.
8525.50.70For radiobroadcasting + Ch. 99Free
8525.50.70.10Transmitters + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.50.70)No.
8525.50.70.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.50.70)No.
8525.60Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus + Ch. 99not stated
8525.60.10Transceivers + Ch. 99Free
8525.60.10.10Citizens Band (CB) + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.60.10)No.
8525.60.10.20Low-power radiotelephonic transceivers operating on frequencies from 49.82 to 49.90 MHz + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.60.10)No.
8525.60.10.30Hand-held + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.60.10)No.
8525.60.10.40Marine VHF-FM + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.60.10)No.
8525.60.10.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.60.10)No.
8525.60.20.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.81.00.00High-speed goods as specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.82.00.00Other, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant goods as specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.83.00.00Other, night vision goods as specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.89Other + Ch. 99not stated
8525.89.10.00Gyrostabilized television cameras + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.89.20.00Studio television cameras excluding shoulder-carried and other portable cameras + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.89.30.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.89.40.00Digital still image video cameras + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8525.89.50Other + Ch. 99Free
8525.89.50.30Camcorders + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.89.50)No.
8525.89.50.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8525.89.50)No.

12 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

29 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.