Analysis
HTS 8519.30.10 covers with automatic record changing mechanism under heading 8519 (sound recording or reproducing apparatus).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to duty-free. The costliest confusion would be with 8519.89.30 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 3.9 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 85 (88th percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $390 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.9%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 9.0 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 539 US establishments employing 10,977 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8519.20.00 | Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment | Free |
| 8519.30.20 | Turntables (record-decks): other | Free |
| 8519.81.10 | Transcribing machines | Free |
| 8519.81.20 | Designed exclusively for motor- vehicle installation | Free |
| 8519.81.25 | Cassette-type tape players: other | Free |
| 8519.81.30 | Sound reproducing only: other | Free |
| 8519.81.41 | Using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media: other | Free |
| 8519.89.10 | Without loudspeaker | Free |
| 8519.89.20 | Record players, other than those operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment: other | Free |
| 8519.89.30 | Other: other | Free |