HTS Index

HTS heading 8549

Electrical and electronic waste and scrap — 18 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8549Electrical and electronic waste and scrap + Ch. 99not stated
8549.11Waste and scrap of lead-acid accumulators; spent lead-acid accumulators + Ch. 99not stated
8549.11.10For recovery of lead + Ch. 99Free
8549.11.10.40Lead-acid storage batteries, of a kind used for starting engines + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8549.11.10)No., kg
8549.11.10.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8549.11.10)No., kg
8549.11.90.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.12Other, containing lead, cadmium or mercury + Ch. 99not stated
8549.12.40.00For recovery of lead + Ch. 99FreeNo., kg
8549.12.80.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.13.00.00Sorted by chemical type and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.14.00.00Unsorted and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.19.00.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.21.00.00Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.29.00.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.31.00.00Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.39.00.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.91.00.00Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) + Ch. 99Freekg
8549.99.00.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg

2 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

18 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.