HTS tariff line · chapter 85
8527.21.15
Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus capable of receiving and decoding digital radio data system signals
Analysis
HTS 8527.21.15 covers combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus capable of receiving and decoding digital radio data system signals under heading 8527 (reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2%. Compared with 8527.21.25 (radio-tape player combinations: other), which pays 2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2 percentage points.
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 8527.21.25 (radio-tape player combinations: other, 2%) and 8527.21.40 (combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 539 US establishments employing 10,977 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8527.21.25 | Radio-tape player combinations: other | 2% |
| 8527.21.40 | Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus: other | Free |