8528.73.00

Analysis

HTS 8528.73.00 covers reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: other… under heading 8528 (monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception…).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5%. Compared with 8528.69.45 (with a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 85 (95th percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 7.0 times the general rate.