8526

Analysis

Heading 8526 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 4 eight-digit tariff lines, with 6 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 4 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The largest subheadings are 8526.92 (radio remote control apparatus, 2 lines), 8526.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8526.91 (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 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511) and Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing (339930). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.