HTS heading 8540
Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode tubes (for example, vacuum or vapor or gas filled tubes, mercury arc rectifying tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes); parts thereof — 52 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8540 | Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode tubes (for example, vacuum or vapor or gas filled tubes, mercury arc rectifying tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes); parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.11 | Color + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.11.10 | Non-high definition, non-projection, having a video display diagonal exceeding 35.56 cm + Ch. 99 | 15% | — |
| 8540.11.10.30 | Not exceeding 39 cm + Ch. 99 | 15% (inherited from 8540.11.10) | No. |
| 8540.11.10.40 | Exceeding 39 cm but not exceeding 45 cm + Ch. 99 | 15% (inherited from 8540.11.10) | No. |
| 8540.11.10.50 | Exceeding 45 cm but not exceeding 50 cm + Ch. 99 | 15% (inherited from 8540.11.10) | No. |
| 8540.11.10.55 | Exceeding 50 cm but not exceeding 63 cm + Ch. 99 | 15% (inherited from 8540.11.10) | No. |
| 8540.11.10.85 | Exceeding 63 cm + Ch. 99 | 15% (inherited from 8540.11.10) | No. |
| 8540.11.24.01 | Having a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm + Ch. 99 | 7.5% | No. |
| 8540.11.28.01 | Other + Ch. 99 | 15% | No. |
| 8540.11.30.00 | High definition, having a video display diagonal exceeding 35.56 cm + Ch. 99 | 15% | No. |
| 8540.11.44.01 | Having a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm + Ch. 99 | 7.5% | No. |
| 8540.11.48.01 | Other + Ch. 99 | 15% | No. |
| 8540.11.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 15% | No. |
| 8540.12 | Monochrome + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.12.10.00 | Non-high definition + Ch. 99 | 3.6% | No. |
| 8540.12.20.00 | High definition + Ch. 99 | 3.6% | No. |
| 8540.12.50 | Non-high definition + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | — |
| 8540.12.50.40 | Projection + Ch. 99 | 3.3% (inherited from 8540.12.50) | No. |
| 8540.12.50.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.3% (inherited from 8540.12.50) | No. |
| 8540.12.70.00 | High definition + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | No. |
| 8540.20 | Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.20.20 | Cathode-ray tubes + Ch. 99 | 6% | — |
| 8540.20.20.40 | Color + Ch. 99 | 6% (inherited from 8540.20.20) | No. |
| 8540.20.20.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 6% (inherited from 8540.20.20) | No. |
| 8540.20.40.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | No. |
| 8540.40.10 | Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, color, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4 mm + Ch. 99 | 3% | — |
| 8540.40.10.10 | Color + Ch. 99 | 3% (inherited from 8540.40.10) | No. |
| 8540.40.10.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3% (inherited from 8540.40.10) | No. |
| 8540.60.00 | Other cathode-ray tubes + Ch. 99 | 3% | — |
| 8540.60.00.20 | Not exceeding 30 cm + Ch. 99 | 3% (inherited from 8540.60.00) | No. |
| 8540.60.00.65 | Exceeding 30 cm but not exceeding 36 cm + Ch. 99 | 3% (inherited from 8540.60.00) | No. |
| 8540.60.00.80 | Exceeding 36 cm + Ch. 99 | 3% (inherited from 8540.60.00) | No. |
| 8540.71 | Magnetrons + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.71.20.00 | Modified for use as parts of microwave ovens + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8540.71.40.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
| 8540.79 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.79.10.00 | Klystrons + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | No. |
| 8540.79.20.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
| 8540.81.00.00 | Receiver or amplifier tubes + Ch. 99 | 4.2% | No. |
| 8540.89.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | — |
| 8540.89.00.20 | Gas and vapor electron tubes + Ch. 99 | 3.7% (inherited from 8540.89.00) | No. |
| 8540.89.00.40 | Diodes, triodes and tetrodes + Ch. 99 | 3.7% (inherited from 8540.89.00) | No. |
| 8540.89.00.60 | Light-sensing tubes + Ch. 99 | 3.7% (inherited from 8540.89.00) | No. |
| 8540.89.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.7% (inherited from 8540.89.00) | No. |
| 8540.91 | Of cathode-ray tubes + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.91.15.00 | Front panel assemblies + Ch. 99 | 5.4% | No. |
| 8540.91.20.00 | Deflection coils + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8540.91.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 5.4% | kg |
| 8540.99 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8540.99.40.00 | Electron guns; radio frequency (RF) interaction structures for microwave tubes of subheadings 8540.71 through 8540.79, inclusive + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8540.99.80.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
18 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
52 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.