HTS heading · chapter 84
8471
Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
Analysis
Heading 8471 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included. It divides into 8 six-digit subheadings and 20 eight-digit tariff lines, with 28 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 20 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 8471.70 (storage units, 7 lines), 8471.60 (input or output units, whether or not containing…, 5 lines), 8471.80 (other units of automatic data processing machines, 3 lines) and 8471.30 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 30th percentile of the headings in chapter 84.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118), Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112) and Electronic Computer Manufacturing (334111). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8471.30.01 | Portable automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | Free |
| 8471.41.01 | Comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined | Free |
| 8471.49.00 | Other automatic data processing machines: other, entered in the form of systems | Free |
| 8471.50.01 | Processing units other than those of subheading 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units | Free |
| 8471.60.10 | Combined input/output units | Free |
| 8471.60.20 | Other: keyboards | Free |
| 8471.60.70 | Units suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof | Free |
| 8471.60.80 | Optical scanners and magnetic ink recognition devices | Free |
| 8471.60.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 8471.70.10 | Without read-write unit assembled therein; read-write units entered separately | Free |
| 8471.70.20 | Units for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof | Free |
| 8471.70.30 | For a disk of a diameter exceeding 21 cm: other | Free |
| 8471.70.40 | Not assembled in cabinets, and without attached external power supply | Free |
| 8471.70.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 8471.70.60 | Not assembled in cabinets for placing on a table, desk, wall, floor or similar place | Free |
| 8471.70.90 | Other storage units: other | Free |
| 8471.80.10 | Control or adapter units | Free |
| 8471.80.40 | Units suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines | Free |
| 8471.80.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 8471.90.00 | Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included: other | Free |