HTS Index

HTS heading 8541

Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED), whether or not assembled with other light-emitting diodes (LED); mounted piezo-electric crystals; parts thereof — 49 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8541Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED), whether or not assembled with other light-emitting diodes (LED); mounted piezo-electric crystals; parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8541.10.00Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED) + Ch. 99Free
8541.10.00.40Unmounted chips, dice and wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.10.00)No.
8541.10.00.50Zener + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.10.00)No.
8541.10.00.60Microwave + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.10.00)No.
8541.10.00.70With a maximum current of 0.5 A or less + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.10.00)No.
8541.10.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.10.00)No.
8541.21.00With a dissipation rate of less than 1 W + Ch. 99Free
8541.21.00.40Unmounted chips, dice and wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.21.00)No.
8541.21.00.75With an operating frequency not less than 100 MHz + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.21.00)No.
8541.21.00.95Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.21.00)No.
8541.29.00Other + Ch. 99Free
8541.29.00.40Unmounted chips, dice and wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.29.00)No.
8541.29.00.55With an operating frequency less than 30 MHz + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.29.00)No.
8541.29.00.65With an operating frequency 30 MHz or greater but less than 30,000 MHz + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.29.00)No.
8541.29.00.85With an operating frequency 30,000 MHz or greater + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.29.00)No.
8541.30.00Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices + Ch. 99Free
8541.30.00.40Unmounted chips, dice and wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.30.00)No.
8541.30.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.30.00)No.
8541.41.00.00Light-emitting diodes (LED) + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8541.42.00Photovoltaic cells not assembled in modules or made up into panels + Ch. 99Free
8541.42.00.10Crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells of a kind described in statistical note 12 to this chapter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.42.00)No., W
8541.42.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.42.00)No., W
8541.43.00Photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels + Ch. 99Free
8541.43.00.10Crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells of a kind described in statistical note 12 to this chapter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.43.00)No., W
8541.43.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.43.00)No., W
8541.49Other + Ch. 99not stated
8541.49.10Other diodes + Ch. 99Free
8541.49.10.10Unmounted chips, dice and wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.49.10)No.
8541.49.10.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.49.10)No.
8541.49.70Transistors + Ch. 99Free
8541.49.70.40Unmounted chips, dice and wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.49.70)No.
8541.49.70.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.49.70)No.
8541.49.80.00Optical coupled isolators + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8541.49.95.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8541.51.00.00Semiconductor-based transducers + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8541.59.00Other + Ch. 99Free
8541.59.00.40Unmounted chips, dice and wafers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.59.00)No.
8541.59.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.59.00)No.
8541.60.00Mounted piezoelectric crystals + Ch. 99Free
8541.60.00.1032.768 kHz + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.60.00)No.
8541.60.00.20Not exceeding 1 MHz, except 32.768 kHz + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.60.00)No.
8541.60.00.30Exceeding 1 MHz, but not exceeding 5 MHZ + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.60.00)No.
8541.60.00.50Exceeding 5 MHZ, but not exceeding 20 MHz + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.60.00)No.
8541.60.00.60Exceeding 20 MHZ + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.60.00)No.
8541.60.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.60.00)No.
8541.90.00Parts + Ch. 99Free
8541.90.00.10Frames for photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels (as covered by subheading 8541.43.00) + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.90.00)No.
8541.90.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8541.90.00)No.

32 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

49 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.