Analysis
HTS 8525.50.30 covers television: other under heading 8525 (transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
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.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 8525.50.10 (set top boxes which have a communication function, duty-free) and 8525.50.70 (for radiobroadcasting, duty-free).
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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8525.50.30.15 | Apparatus for the reception of television signals relayed by television satellite | No. | 334220 |
| 8525.50.30.35 | Converters, decoders, preamplifiers, line amplifiers, distribution amplifiers and other amplifiers; directional couplers and other couplers; all the foregoing designed for cable or closed-circuit television applications | No. | 334220 |
| 8525.50.30.40 | Other | No. | 334220 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8525.50.10 | Set top boxes which have a communication function | Free |
| 8525.50.70 | For radiobroadcasting | Free |