Analysis
HTS 8528.71.20 covers set top boxes which have a communications function under heading 8528 (monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception…).
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.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85. 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 8528.71.10 (incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus, duty-free), 8528.71.30 (printed circuit assemblies incorporating a tuner, of a kind…, duty-free), 8528.71.40 (other: color, duty-free) and 8528.71.45 (black and white or other monochrome, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 645 US establishments employing 52,536 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8528.71.10 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus | 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 |