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HTS 8518

Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets; parts thereof

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

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
8518.10Microphones and stands thereforUSITC
8518.10.40.00Microphones having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz with a diameter of not exceeding 10 mm and a height not exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunication useNo.Free35%USITC
8518.10.80OtherFree35%USITC
8518.10.80.30MicrophonesNo.Free35%USITC
8518.10.80.40OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures
8518.21.00.00Single loudspeakers, mounted in their enclosuresNo.Free35%USITC
8518.22.00.00Multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosureNo.Free35%USITC
8518.29OtherUSITC
8518.29.40.00Without housing, having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3.4 kHz with a diameter of not exceeding 50 mm, for telecommunication useNo.Free35%USITC
8518.29.80.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8518.30Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakersUSITC
8518.30.10.00Line telephone handsetsNo.Free35%USITC
8518.30.20.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8518.40Audio-frequency electric amplifiersUSITC
8518.40.10.00For use as repeaters in line telephonyNo.Free35%USITC
8518.40.20.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8518.50.00.00Electric sound amplifier setsNo.Free35%USITC
8518.90PartsUSITC
Of line telephone handsets of subheading 8518.30.10; of repeaters of subheading 8518.40.10
8518.90.20.00Printed circuit assemblies of line telephone handsets; parts of repeatersNo.Free35%USITC
8518.90.41.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8518.90.60.00Printed circuit assemblies of the articles of subheading 8518.10.40 or 8518.29.40No.Free35%USITC
8518.90.81.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 8518 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