HTS heading · chapter 85
8543
Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8543 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 26 eight-digit tariff lines, with 33 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
19 of its 26 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (73%) and 7 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.6%. The median line pays duty-free.
The largest subheadings are 8543.70 (other machines and apparatus, 14 lines), 8543.90 (parts, 7 lines), 8543.30 (machines and apparatus for electroplating…, 2 lines) and 8543.10 (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 All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (335999), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511) and Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8543.10.00 | Particle accelerators | 1.9% |
| 8543.20.00 | Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof: signal generators | Free |
| 8543.30.20 | Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits | Free |
| 8543.30.90 | Machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis: other | 2.6% |
| 8543.40.00 | Electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizing devices | 2.6% |
| 8543.70.20 | Physical vapor deposition apparatus | 2.5% |
| 8543.70.42 | Flight data recorders | Free |
| 8543.70.45 | Electric synchros and transducers; flight data recorders; defrosters and demisters with electric resistors for aircraft: other | 2.6% |
| 8543.70.60 | Articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or instruments or to telegraphic or telephonic networks | Free |
| 8543.70.71 | Electric luminescent lamps | 2% |
| 8543.70.80 | Microwave amplifiers | Free |
| 8543.70.85 | For electrical nerve stimulation | Free |
| 8543.70.88 | Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console | Free |
| 8543.70.89 | Other: other portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still images or audio files | Free |
| 8543.70.91 | Digital signal processing apparatus capable of connecting to a wired or wireless network for the mixing of sound | Free |
| 8543.70.93 | Portable interactive electronic education devices primarily designed for children | Free |
| 8543.70.95 | Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called "touch screens") without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infra-red lights or other touch-sensitive technology) | Free |
| 8543.70.97 | Plasma cleaner machines that remove organic contaminants from electron microscopy specimens and specimen holders | Free |
| 8543.70.98 | Other: other | 2.6% |
| 8543.90.12 | Of physical vapor deposition apparatus of subheading 8543.70 | Free |
| 8543.90.15 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8543.90.35 | Assemblies and subassemblies for flight data recorders, consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together: other | Free |
| 8543.90.65 | Of flat panel displays other than for articles of heading 8528, except for subheadings 8528.52 or 8528.62 | Free |
| 8543.90.68 | Printed circuit assemblies: other | Free |
| 8543.90.85 | Of flat panel displays other than for articles of heading 8528, except for subheadings 8528.52 or 8528.62 | Free |
| 8543.90.88 | Other: other | Free |