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 8523: Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whe…
34 numbered lines under heading 8523, including 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8523 | Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of Chapter 37: | ||||
| Magnetic media: | |||||
| 8523.21.00.00 | Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe | No. | Free | 80% | |
| 8523.29 | Other: | ||||
| 8523.29.10.00 | Unrecorded magnetic media | No. | Free | 80% | |
| Other: | |||||
| 8523.29.20.00 | Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image | m2 | Free | 86.1¢/m2 of recording surface | |
| Other magnetic tapes: | |||||
| Of a width not exceeding 4 mm: | |||||
| 8523.29.30.00 | News sound recordings relating to current events | No. | Free | Free | |
| 8523.29.40 | Other | Free | 86.1¢/m2of recording surface | ||
| 8523.29.40.10 | Sound recordings on cassette tapes | No., m2 | |||
| 8523.29.40.20 | Other | No., m2 | |||
| Of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6.5 mm: | |||||
| 8523.29.50 | Video tape recordings | Free | 3.3¢/lin. m | ||
| 8523.29.50.10 | In cassettes | lin. m, No. | |||
| 8523.29.50.20 | Other | lin. m | |||
| 8523.29.60.00 | Other | m2 | Free | 86.1¢/m2 of recording surface | |
| Of a width exceeding 6.5 mm: | |||||
| 8523.29.70 | Video tape recordings | Free | 3.3¢/lin. m | ||
| 8523.29.70.10 | Of a width not exceeding 16 mm, in cassettes | lin. m, No. | |||
| 8523.29.70.20 | Other | lin. m | |||
| 8523.29.80.00 | Other | m2 | Free | 86.1¢/m2 of recording surface | |
| 8523.29.90.00 | Other | m2 | Free | 86.1¢/m2 of recording surface | |
| Optical media: | |||||
| 8523.41.00.00 | Unrecorded | No. | Free | 80% | |
| 8523.49 | Other: | ||||
| 8523.49.20 | For reproducing phenomena other than sound or imageNote: See 9903.90.08. | Free | 86.1¢/m2 of recording surface | ||
| 8523.49.20.10 | Prepackaged software for automatic data processing machines, of a kind sold at retail | No., m2 | |||
| 8523.49.20.20 | Other | No., m2 | |||
| 8523.49.30.00 | For reproducing sound only | No., m2 | Free | 86.1¢/m2 of recording surface | |
| Other: | |||||
| 8523.49.40.00 | For reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machine; proprietary format recorded discs | No. | Free | 80% | |
| 8523.49.50.00 | Other | No. | Free | 80% | |
| Semiconductor media: | |||||
| 8523.51.00.00 | Solid-state non-volatile storage devices | No. | Free | 80% | |
| 8523.52.00 | "Smart cards" | Free | 35% | ||
| 8523.52.00.10 | Unrecorded | No. | |||
| 8523.52.00.90 | Other | No. | |||
| 8523.59.00.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8523.80 | Other: | ||||
| 8523.80.10.00 | Phonograph records | No. | Free | 30% | |
| 8523.80.20.00 | Other | No. | Free | 80% |
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.