HTS tariff line · chapter 85
8517.13.00
Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: smartphones
Analysis
HTS 8517.13.00 covers telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: smartphones under heading 8517 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for…).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 645 US establishments employing 52,536 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
All 8 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8517.11.00 | Line telephone sets with cordless handsets | 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 |