Analysis
HTS 8542.32.00 covers electronic integrated circuits: memories under heading 8542 (electronic integrated circuits; parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 9 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.
The ten-digit suffixes separate not over 128 megabits, over 128 megabits but not over 256…, over 256 megabits but not over 512…, over 512 megabits but not over 1 gigabit, over 1 gigabit and static read-write random access and 2 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8542.32.00.02 | Not over 128 megabits | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.24 | Over 128 megabits but not over 256 megabits | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.28 | Over 256 megabits but not over 512 megabits | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.32 | Over 512 megabits but not over 1 gigabit | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.36 | Over 1 gigabit | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.41 | Static read-write random access (SRAM) | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.51 | Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.61 | Erasable (except electrically) programmable read-only memory (EPROM) | No. | 334413 |
| 8542.32.00.71 | Other | No. | 334413 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8542.31.00 | Processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | Free |
| 8542.33.00 | Electronic integrated circuits: amplifiers | Free |
| 8542.39.00 | Electronic integrated circuits: other | Free |
| 8542.90.00 | Electronic integrated circuits; parts thereof: parts | Free |