Analysis
HTS 8528.59.45 covers with a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm under heading 8528 (monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8528.59.60 (black and white or other monochrome) at 5%, a difference of 5 points on the customs value.
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.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 539 US establishments employing 10,977 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8528.59.05 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus | Free |
| 8528.59.10 | Incomplete or unfinished (including assemblies consisting of the parts specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (c) and (e) in additional U.S. note 9 to this chapter plus a power supply), presented without a display device: other | Free |
| 8528.59.15 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.59.23 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus: other | 3.9% |
| 8528.59.25 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.59.33 | Other: other | 5% |
| 8528.59.35 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.59.40 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus: other | 3.9% |
| 8528.59.50 | Other: other | 5% |
| 8528.59.60 | Black and white or other monochrome | 5% |