8524

Analysis

Heading 8524 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 8 eight-digit tariff lines, with 8 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

6 of its 8 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (75%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4.5%. The median line pays duty-free.

The largest subheadings are 8524.11 (of liquid crystals, 2 lines), 8524.91 (of liquid crystals, 2 lines), 8524.12 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8524.19 (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 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331), Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (334419) and Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (334310). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.