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HTS 8527

Reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock

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

CodeDescriptionUnitGeneralSpecialColumn 2Source
Radiobroadcast receivers capable of operating without an external source of power
8527.12.00.00Pocket-size radio cassette playersNo.Free35%USITC
8527.13Other apparatus combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatusUSITC
8527.13.11.00Combinations incorporating tape players which are incapable of recordingNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8527.13.20Radio-tape recorder combinationsFree35%USITC
8527.13.20.15Cassette typeNo.Free35%USITC
8527.13.20.25OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8527.13.40.00Radio-phonograph combinationsNo.Free35%USITC
8527.13.60OtherFree35%USITC
8527.13.60.40Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recordersNo.Free35%USITC
8527.13.60.80OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8527.19OtherUSITC
8527.19.10.00Valued not over $40 each, incorporating a clock or clock-timer, not in combination with any other article, and not designed for motor vehicle installationNo.Free35%USITC
8527.19.50OtherFree35%USITC
8527.19.50.10FM only or AM/FM onlyNo.Free35%USITC
8527.19.50.25OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Radiobroadcast receivers not capable of operating without an external source of power, of a kind used in motor vehicles
8527.21Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatusUSITC
Radio-tape player combinations
8527.21.15.00Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus capable of receiving and decoding digital radio data system signalsNo.Free35%USITC
8527.21.25Other2%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8527.21.25.10Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recordersNo.2%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8527.21.25.25OtherNo.2%Free (A*,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)35%USITC
8527.21.40OtherFree35%USITC
8527.21.40.40Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recordersNo.Free35%USITC
8527.21.40.80OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8527.29OtherUSITC
8527.29.40.00FM only or AM/FM onlyNo.Free35%USITC
8527.29.80.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8527.91Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatusUSITC
8527.91.05.00Articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or instruments or to telegraphic or telephonic networksNo.Free35%USITC
Other
8527.91.40.00Combinations incorporating tape players which are incapable of recordingNo.Free35%USITC
8527.91.50.00Other combinations incorporating tape recordersNo.Free35%USITC
8527.91.60OtherFree35%USITC
8527.91.60.40Incorporating optical disc (including compact disc) players or recordersNo.Free35%USITC
8527.91.60.80OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8527.92Not combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus but combined with a clockUSITC
8527.92.10.00Valued not over $40 eachNo.Free35%USITC
8527.92.50.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC
8527.99OtherUSITC
8527.99.10.00Infant nursery monitor systems, each consisting in the same package of a radio transmitter, an electrical adapter, and a radio receiverNo.Free35%USITC
8527.99.15.00Other radio receiversNo.Free35%USITC
8527.99.40.00OtherNo.Free35%USITC

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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. Heading 8527 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