HTS Codes / Chapter 85

8523.49.40.00

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

Duty rates

General (MFN)

Free

Column 2 (non-MFN)

80%

Unit of quantity

No.

“General” applies to imports from most trading partners under normal trade relations. “Special” lists products eligible for reduced or duty-free treatment under programs like GSP, USMCA, CAFTA-DR, or individual free-trade agreements. “Column 2” applies to imports from countries without normal trade relations (currently Cuba and North Korea).

Chapter 85

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers (Section XVI — Machinery and mechanical appliances)