Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
HTS heading 8518: Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combine…
23 numbered lines under heading 8518, including 16 10-digit statistical lines. The first six digits are the international HS subheading; the general column is the normal US duty rate.
| HTS code | Description | Unit | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8518 | Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets; parts thereof: | ||||
| 8518.10 | Microphones and stands therefor: | ||||
| 8518.10.40.00 | Microphones having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz with a diameter of not exceeding 10 mm and a height not exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunication use | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.10.80 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 8518.10.80.30 | Microphones | No. | |||
| 8518.10.80.40 | Other | No. | |||
| Loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures: | |||||
| 8518.21.00.00 | Single loudspeakers, mounted in their enclosures | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.22.00.00 | Multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosure | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.29 | Other: | ||||
| 8518.29.40.00 | Without housing, having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz with a diameter of not exceeding 50 mm, for telecommunication use | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.29.80.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.30 | Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers: | ||||
| 8518.30.10.00 | Line telephone handsets | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.30.20.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.40 | Audio-frequency electric amplifiers: | ||||
| 8518.40.10.00 | For use as repeaters in line telephony | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.40.20.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.50.00.00 | Electric sound amplifier sets | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.90 | Parts: | ||||
| Of line telephone handsets of subheading 8518.30.10; of repeaters of subheading 8518.40.10: | |||||
| 8518.90.20.00 | Printed circuit assemblies of line telephone handsets; parts of repeaters | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.90.41.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| Other: | |||||
| 8518.90.60.00 | Printed circuit assemblies of the articles of subheading 8518.10.40 or 8518.29.40 | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8518.90.81.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% |
Statistical (10-digit) lines without a rate use the rate of the 8-digit line above them. Additional duties such as Section 301 and Section 232 may apply; check them with the tariff checker.
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Request a free auditSource: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 2026 HTS Revision 20 (effective 2026-09-28), U.S. International Trade Commission (hts.usitc.gov), imported 2026-10-07. Reference only; not legal or customs advice or a binding classification. Additional duties under Chapter 99 may apply. ShipWave is not affiliated with the USITC or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.