Analysis
HTS 8525.50.70 covers for radiobroadcasting under heading 8525 (transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
For statistics it divides in two: 8525.50.70.10 for transmitters and 8525.50.70.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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 8525.50.30 (television: other, 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
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8525.50.10 | Set top boxes which have a communication function | Free |
| 8525.50.30 | Television: other | Free |