HTS heading · chapter 85
8517
Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528; parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8517 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for…. It divides into 9 six-digit subheadings and 9 eight-digit tariff lines, with 15 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 9 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 8517.11 (unnamed, 1 line), 8517.13 (unnamed, 1 line), 8517.14 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8517.18 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 29th percentile of the headings in chapter 85.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334220), Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing (334210) and Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8517.11.00 | Line telephone sets with cordless handsets | Free |
| 8517.13.00 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: smartphones | Free |
| 8517.14.00 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | Free |
| 8517.18.00 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: other | Free |
| 8517.61.00 | Other apparatus for transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network): base stations | Free |
| 8517.62.00 | Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | Free |
| 8517.69.00 | Other apparatus for transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network): other | Free |
| 8517.71.00 | Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith | Free |
| 8517.79.00 | Parts: other | Free |