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.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8543 | Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8543.10.00.00 | Particle accelerators + Ch. 99 | 1.9% | No. |
| 8543.20.00.00 | Signal generators + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.30 | Machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8543.30.20.00 | Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.30.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.6% | — |
| 8543.30.90.10 | Hydrogen electrolyzers + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.30.90) | No. |
| 8543.30.90.40 | Magnesium anodes + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.30.90) | No. |
| 8543.30.90.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.30.90) | No. |
| 8543.40.00 | Electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices + Ch. 99 | 2.6% | — |
| 8543.40.00.30 | With substances containing nicotine + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.40.00) | No. |
| 8543.40.00.40 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.40.00) | No. |
| 8543.70 | Other machines and apparatus + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8543.70.20.00 | Physical vapor deposition apparatus + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8543.70.42.00 | Flight data recorders + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.45.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.6% | No. |
| 8543.70.60.00 | Articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or instruments or to telegraphic or telephonic networks + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.71.00 | Electric luminescent lamps + Ch. 99 | 2% | No. |
| 8543.70.80.00 | Microwave amplifiers + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.85.00 | For electrical nerve stimulation + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.88.00 | Electrical 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. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.89.00 | Other portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still images or audio files + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.91.00 | Digital signal processing apparatus capable of connecting to a wired or wireless network for the mixing of sound + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.93.01 | Portable interactive electronic education devices primarily designed for children + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.95.00 | Touch-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. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.97.00 | Plasma cleaner machines that remove organic contaminants from electron microscopy specimens and specimen holders + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.70.98 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.6% | — |
| 8543.70.98.10 | Amplifiers + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.70.98) | No. |
| 8543.70.98.20 | Special effects pedals for use with musical instruments + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.70.98) | No. |
| 8543.70.98.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.6% (inherited from 8543.70.98) | No. |
| 8543.90 | Parts + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8543.90.12.00 | Of physical vapor deposition apparatus of subheading 8543.70 + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.90.15.00 | Printed circuit assemblies + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.90.35.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.90.65.00 | Of flat panel displays other than for articles of heading 8528, except for subheadings 8528.52 or 8528.62 + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.90.68.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.90.85.00 | Of flat panel displays other than for articles of heading 8528, except for subheadings 8528.52 or 8528.62 + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8543.90.88 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8543.90.88.45 | Of particle accelerators + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8543.90.88) | No. |
| 8543.90.88.65 | Of electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8543.90.88) | No. |
| 8543.90.88.85 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (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.