Analysis
Subheading 8528.71 covers not designed to incorporate a video display or screen, 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 5 US tariff lines below it are national.
Every one of its 5 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.
The US splits it as follows: 8528.71.10 for incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus (duty-free), 8528.71.20 for set top boxes which have a communications function (duty-free), 8528.71.30 for printed circuit assemblies incorporating a tuner, of a kind used with… (duty-free), 8528.71.40 for other: color (duty-free) and 8528.71.45 for black and white or other monochrome (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (334310) and Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334220). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8528.71.10 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus | Free |
| 8528.71.20 | Set top boxes which have a communications function | Free |
| 8528.71.30 | Printed circuit assemblies incorporating a tuner, of a kind used with data processing machines of heading 8471 | Free |
| 8528.71.40 | Other: color | Free |
| 8528.71.45 | Black and white or other monochrome | Free |