Analysis
Subheading 8543.70 covers other machines and apparatus, within heading 8543. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 14 US tariff lines below it are national.
10 of its 14 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (71%) and 4 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.6%. The median line pays duty-free.
Its 14 lines start with 8543.70.20 (physical vapor deposition apparatus), 8543.70.42 (flight data recorders), 8543.70.45 (electric synchros and transducers; flight data…) and 8543.70.60 (articles designed for connection to telegraphic…); the full list is in the table below.
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 All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (33399). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |