HTS tariff line · chapter 85
8543.30.20
Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits
Analysis
HTS 8543.30.20 covers of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits under heading 8543 (electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.6%. Compared with 8543.70.98 (other: other), which pays 2.6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.6 percentage points.
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 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 2,836 US establishments employing 111,497 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring 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 |
| 8543.30.90 | 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 |