8523.49.20 For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image

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; heading 8523, Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena....

8523.49.20 as printed in HTS Revision 20 (2026)

Description	Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of Chapter 37 Optical media Other For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image
General rate (column 1)	Free
Special rate (column 1)	none printed
Column 2 rate	86.1¢/m2 of recording surface1
Units of quantity	No., m2

Column 2 rates apply to products of the countries listed in General Note 3(b) of the schedule: the Republic of Belarus, Cuba, North Korea and the Russian Federation (Revision 20 (2026)).

Statistical reporting numbers under 8523.49.20

The 10-digit numbers that go on an entry, with the headings the schedule prints between them. The rates are the ones printed above unless a statistical line prints its own.

HTS number	Description	Units
8523.49.20.10	Prepackaged software for automatic data processing machines, of a kind sold at retail	No., m2
8523.49.20.20	Other	No., m2

Footnotes

See 9903.90.08. (on the column 2 rate)

Chapter 99 headings this line cites

Each heading as the schedule prints it, with where the line cites it. A citation is not a finding that the heading applies to a shipment.

Heading	Text as printed	General	Special	Column 2	Cited in
9903.90.08	Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter	none printed	none printed	35%	footnote on the column 2 rate

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Other lines in heading 8523

8523.29.50 Video tape recordings
8523.29.60 Of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6.5 mm: other
8523.29.70 Video tape recordings
8523.29.80 Of a width exceeding 6.5 mm: other
8523.29.90 Magnetic media: other
8523.41.00 Optical media: unrecorded
8523.49.30 For reproducing sound only
8523.49.40 For reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image...
8523.49.50 Optical media: other
8523.51.00 Solid-state non-volatile storage devices
8523.52.00 Semiconductor media: "Smart cards"
8523.59.00 Semiconductor media: other

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.