HTS Index

HTS heading 8527

Reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock — 41 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8527Reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock + Ch. 99not stated
8527.12.00.00Pocket-size radio cassette players + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.13Other apparatus combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus + Ch. 99not stated
8527.13.11.00Combinations incorporating tape players which are incapable of recording + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.13.20Radio-tape recorder combinations + Ch. 99Free
8527.13.20.15Cassette type + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.13.20)No.
8527.13.20.25Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.13.20)No.
8527.13.40.00Radio-phonograph combinations + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.13.60Other + Ch. 99Free
8527.13.60.40Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recorders + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.13.60)No.
8527.13.60.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.13.60)No.
8527.19Other + Ch. 99not stated
8527.19.10.00Valued not over $40 each, incorporating a clock or clock-timer, not in combination with any other article, and not designed for motor vehicle installation + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.19.50Other + Ch. 99Free
8527.19.50.10FM only or AM/FM only + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.19.50)No.
8527.19.50.25Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.19.50)No.
8527.21Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus + Ch. 99not stated
8527.21.15.00Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus capable of receiving and decoding digital radio data system signals + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.21.25Other + Ch. 992%
8527.21.25.10Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recorders + Ch. 992% (inherited from 8527.21.25)No.
8527.21.25.25Other + Ch. 992% (inherited from 8527.21.25)No.
8527.21.40Other + Ch. 99Free
8527.21.40.40Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recorders + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.21.40)No.
8527.21.40.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.21.40)No.
8527.29Other + Ch. 99not stated
8527.29.40.00FM only or AM/FM only + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.29.80.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.91Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus + Ch. 99not stated
8527.91.05.00Articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or instruments or to telegraphic or telephonic networks + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.91.40.00Combinations incorporating tape players which are incapable of recording + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.91.50.00Other combinations incorporating tape recorders + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.91.60Other + Ch. 99Free
8527.91.60.40Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recorders + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.91.60)No.
8527.91.60.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8527.91.60)No.
8527.92Not combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus but combined with a clock + Ch. 99not stated
8527.92.10.00Valued not over $40 each + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.92.50.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.99Other + Ch. 99not stated
8527.99.10.00Infant nursery monitor systems, each consisting in the same package of a radio transmitter, an electrical adapter, and a radio receiver + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.99.15.00Other radio receivers + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8527.99.40.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.

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

41 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.