HTS heading · chapter 85
8541
Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED), whether or not assembled with other light-emitting diodes (LED); mounted piezo-electric crystals; parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8541 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels…. It divides into 12 six-digit subheadings and 15 eight-digit tariff lines, with 36 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 15 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 8541.49 (other, 4 lines), 8541.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 8541.21 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8541.29 (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 Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (334413), Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (334419) and All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (335999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8541.10.00 | Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED) | Free |
| 8541.21.00 | With a dissipation rate of less than 1 W | Free |
| 8541.29.00 | Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors: other | Free |
| 8541.30.00 | Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices | Free |
| 8541.41.00 | Light-emitting diodes (LED) | Free |
| 8541.42.00 | Photovoltaic cells not assembled in modules or made up into panels | Free |
| 8541.43.00 | Photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels | Free |
| 8541.49.10 | Other: other diodes | Free |
| 8541.49.70 | Other: transistors | Free |
| 8541.49.80 | Optical coupled isolators | Free |
| 8541.49.95 | Other: other | Free |
| 8541.51.00 | Semiconductor-based transducers | Free |
| 8541.59.00 | Other semiconductor devices: other | Free |
| 8541.60.00 | Mounted piezoelectric crystals | Free |
| 8541.90.00 | Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED), whether or not assembled with other light-emitting diodes (LED); mounted piezo-electric crystals; parts thereof: parts | Free |