8531

Analysis

Heading 8531 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers electric sound or visual signaling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530; parts thereof. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 8 eight-digit tariff lines, with 16 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

6 of its 8 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (75%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 1.3%. The median line pays duty-free.

The largest subheadings are 8531.90 (parts, 4 lines), 8531.80 (other apparatus, 2 lines), 8531.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8531.20 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 29th percentile of the headings in chapter 85.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334290), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513) and All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (335999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.