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HTS 8517

Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528; parts thereof

18 lines US HTS, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks
8517.11.00.00Line telephone sets with cordless handsetsNo.Free35%USITC
8517.13.00.00SmartphonesNo.Free35%USITC
8517.14.00Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networksFree35%USITC
8517.14.00.20Radio telephones designed for installation in motor vehicles for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication ServiceNo.Free35%USITC
8517.14.00.50Other radio telephones designed for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication ServiceNo.Free35%USITC
8517.14.00.80OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8517.18.00OtherFree35%USITC
8517.18.00.10VideophonesNo.Free35%USITC
8517.18.00.20Multiline telephones (including key, call director and consoles)No.Free35%USITC
8517.18.00.50OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Other apparatus for transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network)
8517.61.00.00Base stationsNo.Free35%USITC
8517.62.00Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatusFree35%USITC
8517.62.00.10Modems, of a kind used with data processing machines of heading 8471No.Free35%USITC
8517.62.00.20Switching and routing apparatusNo.Free35%USITC
8517.62.00.90OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8517.69.00.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Parts
8517.71.00.00Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewithNo.Free35%USITC
8517.79.00.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 8517 at USITC

Not shown: the additional duties of Chapter 99 (such as Section 301 and Section 232), anti-dumping and countervailing duties, quotas and the legal notes.

This page is general information, not legal advice and not a classification decision. Tariff texts and rates change: check the publisher's current schedule, and ask the customs authority for a binding ruling where the answer matters.

All headings of chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers