Analysis
HTS 8534.00.00 covers printed circuits under heading 8534 (printed circuits). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 7 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
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 ten-digit suffixes separate with 3 or more layers of conducting…, having a base wholly of impregnated…, flexible type and other, having a ceramic base. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
It is the only US line under subheading 8534.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 8534.00 points straight here.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8534.00.00.20 | With 3 or more layers of conducting materials | No. | 334412 |
| 8534.00.00.40 | Other | No. | 334412 |
| 8534.00.00.50 | Having a base wholly of impregnated paper | No. | 334412 |
| 8534.00.00.70 | Other | No. | 334412 |
| 8534.00.00.80 | Flexible type | No. | 334412 |
| 8534.00.00.85 | Other, having a ceramic base | No. | 334412 |
| 8534.00.00.95 | Other | No. | 334412 |