HTS Index

HTS heading 8543

Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof — 41 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8543Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8543.10.00.00Particle accelerators + Ch. 991.9%No.
8543.20.00.00Signal generators + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.30Machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis + Ch. 99not stated
8543.30.20.00Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.30.90Other + Ch. 992.6%
8543.30.90.10Hydrogen electrolyzers + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.30.90)No.
8543.30.90.40Magnesium anodes + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.30.90)No.
8543.30.90.90Other + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.30.90)No.
8543.40.00Electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices + Ch. 992.6%
8543.40.00.30With substances containing nicotine + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.40.00)No.
8543.40.00.40Other + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.40.00)No.
8543.70Other machines and apparatus + Ch. 99not stated
8543.70.20.00Physical vapor deposition apparatus + Ch. 992.5%No.
8543.70.42.00Flight data recorders + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.45.00Other + Ch. 992.6%No.
8543.70.60.00Articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or instruments or to telegraphic or telephonic networks + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.71.00Electric luminescent lamps + Ch. 992%No.
8543.70.80.00Microwave amplifiers + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.85.00For electrical nerve stimulation + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.88.00Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.89.00Other portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still images or audio files + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.91.00Digital signal processing apparatus capable of connecting to a wired or wireless network for the mixing of sound + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.93.01Portable interactive electronic education devices primarily designed for children + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.95.00Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called "touch screens") without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infra-red lights or other touch-sensitive technology) + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.97.00Plasma cleaner machines that remove organic contaminants from electron microscopy specimens and specimen holders + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.70.98Other + Ch. 992.6%
8543.70.98.10Amplifiers + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.70.98)No.
8543.70.98.20Special effects pedals for use with musical instruments + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.70.98)No.
8543.70.98.60Other + Ch. 992.6% (inherited from 8543.70.98)No.
8543.90Parts + Ch. 99not stated
8543.90.12.00Of physical vapor deposition apparatus of subheading 8543.70 + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.90.15.00Printed circuit assemblies + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.90.35.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.90.65.00Of flat panel displays other than for articles of heading 8528, except for subheadings 8528.52 or 8528.62 + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.90.68.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.90.85.00Of flat panel displays other than for articles of heading 8528, except for subheadings 8528.52 or 8528.62 + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8543.90.88Other + Ch. 99Free
8543.90.88.45Of particle accelerators + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8543.90.88)No.
8543.90.88.65Of electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8543.90.88)No.
8543.90.88.85Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8543.90.88)No.

11 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.