Analysis
HTS 8541.29.00 covers transistors, other than photosensitive transistors: other under heading 8541 (semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334413 (Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing), an industry of 822 US establishments employing 116,831 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
The ten-digit suffixes separate unmounted chips, dice and wafers, with an operating frequency less than…, with an operating frequency 30 MHz or… and with an operating frequency 30,000 MHz…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8541.29.00.40 | Unmounted chips, dice and wafers | No. | 334413 |
| 8541.29.00.55 | With an operating frequency less than 30 MHz | No. | |
| 8541.29.00.65 | With an operating frequency 30 MHz or greater but less than 30,000 MHz | No. | |
| 8541.29.00.85 | With an operating frequency 30,000 MHz or greater | No. |
Neighbouring 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 |
| 8541.30.00 | 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 |