Analysis
HTS 8519.30.20 covers turntables (record-decks): other under heading 8519 (sound recording or reproducing apparatus).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 8519.30.10 (with automatic record changing mechanism) at 3.9%, a difference of 3.9 points on the customs value.
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.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85 that are also free. 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 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.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8519.20.00 | Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment | Free |
| 8519.30.10 | With automatic record changing mechanism | 3.9% |
| 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 |