Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. › Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound and television recorders and reproducers
8523.49.40.00Tariff line
Classification path
Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of Chapter 37
8523
Optical media
Other
Other
For reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machine; proprietary format recorded discs
8523.49.40.00
Rates of duty
General rate (Column 1)Free
Special—
Column 280%
UnitNo.
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for origin CN, entry date 2026-10-26 · base rate Free
- Section 301 forced-labor tariff (12.5%)9903.05.31Applies+12.5%China: Column 1 rate + 12.5% additional
- China 301 List 3 (9903.88.03)9903.88.03Applies+25%8-digit subheading 8523.49.40 is on L3
- PGAFDA FD1
Confirmed total 37.5% · max 37.5%Full duty breakdown →