Heading 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
In chapter 85, Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles. 9 rate lines, laid out as HTS Revision 20 (2026) prints them.
| HTS number | Description | Units | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | ||||
| Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks : | |||||
| 8517.11.00.00 | Line telephone sets with cordless handsets | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8517.13.00.00 | Smartphones | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8517.14.00 | Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | Free | 35% | ||
| 8517.14.00.20 | Radio telephones designed for installation in motor vehicles for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication Service | No. | |||
| 8517.14.00.50 | Other radio telephones designed for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication Service | No. | |||
| 8517.14.00.80 | Other | No. | |||
| 8517.18.00 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 8517.18.00.10 | Videophones | No. | |||
| 8517.18.00.20 | Multiline telephones (including key, call director and consoles) | No. | |||
| 8517.18.00.50 | Other | No. | |||
| 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): | |||||
| 8517.61.00.00 | Base stations | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8517.62.00 | Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | Free | 35% | ||
| 8517.62.00.10 | Modems, of a kind used with data processing machines of heading 8471 | No. | |||
| 8517.62.00.20 | Switching and routing apparatus | No. | |||
| 8517.62.00.90 | Other | No. | |||
| 8517.69.00.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| Parts: | |||||
| 8517.71.00.00 | Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8517.79.00.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% |
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Built September 29, 2026 from HTS Revision 20 (2026) (USITC release 2026HTSRev20, published September 23, 2026, current since September 28, 2026). The schedule changes often; USITC's own site always has the current text.