8528.49

Analysis

Subheading 8528.49 covers other, within heading 8528. 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 15 US tariff lines below it are national.

Every one of its 15 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.

Its 15 lines start with 8528.49.05 (incorporating video recording or reproducing…), 8528.49.10 (incomplete or unfinished (including assemblies…), 8528.49.15 (with a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29…) and 8528.49.20 (incorporating video recording or reproducing…); the full list is in the table below.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (334310). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Goods only reach 8528.49 once they fall within heading 8528 (monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception…). 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.