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HTS 8525

Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders

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

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
8525.50Transmission apparatusUSITC
Television
8525.50.10.00Set top boxes which have a communication functionNo.Free35%USITC
8525.50.30OtherFree35%USITC
8525.50.30.15Apparatus for the reception of television signals relayed by television satelliteNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8525.50.30.35Converters, decoders, preamplifiers, line amplifiers, distribution amplifiers and other amplifiers; directional couplers and other couplers; all the foregoing designed for cable or closed-circuit television applicationsNo.Free35%USITC
8525.50.30.40OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8525.50.70For radiobroadcastingFree35%USITC
8525.50.70.10TransmittersNo.Free35%USITC
8525.50.70.50OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8525.60Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatusUSITC
8525.60.10TransceiversFree35%USITC
8525.60.10.10Citizens Band (CB)No.Free35%USITC
8525.60.10.20Low-power radiotelephonic transceivers operating on frequencies from 49.82 to 49.90 MHzNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8525.60.10.30Hand-heldNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8525.60.10.40Marine VHF-FMNo.Free35%USITC
8525.60.10.50OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8525.60.20.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders
8525.81.00.00High-speed goods as specified in subheading note 1 to this chapterNo.Free35%USITC
8525.82.00.00Other, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant goods as specified in subheading note 2 to this chapterNo.Free35%USITC
8525.83.00.00Other, night vision goods as specified in subheading note 3 to this chapterNo.Free35%USITC
8525.89OtherUSITC
Television cameras
8525.89.10.00Gyrostabilized television camerasNo.Free35%USITC
8525.89.20.00Studio television cameras excluding shoulder-carried and other portable camerasNo.Free35%USITC
8525.89.30.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8525.89.40.00Digital still image video camerasNo.Free35%USITC
8525.89.50OtherFree35%USITC
8525.89.50.30CamcordersNo.Free35%USITC
8525.89.50.50OtherNo.Free35%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 8525 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