8525.50

Analysis

Subheading 8525.50 covers transmission apparatus, within heading 8525. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 3 US tariff lines below it are national.

Every one of its 3 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The US splits it as follows: 8525.50.10 for set top boxes which have a communication function (duty-free), 8525.50.30 for television: other (duty-free) and 8525.50.70 for for radiobroadcasting (duty-free).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334220). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Goods only reach 8525.50 once they fall within heading 8525 (transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.