Heading 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
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. 13 rate lines, laid out as HTS Revision 20 (2026) prints them.
| HTS number | Description | Units | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | ||||
| 8525.50 | Transmission apparatus: | ||||
| Television: | |||||
| 8525.50.10.00 | Set top boxes which have a communication function | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.50.30 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 8525.50.30.15 | Apparatus for the reception of television signals relayed by television satellite | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8525.50.30.35 | Converters, decoders, preamplifiers, line amplifiers, distribution amplifiers and other amplifiers; directional couplers and other couplers; all the foregoing designed for cable or closed-circuit television applications | No. | |||
| 8525.50.30.40 | Other | No. | |||
| 8525.50.70 | For radiobroadcasting | Free | 35% | ||
| 8525.50.70.10 | Transmitters | No. | |||
| 8525.50.70.50 | Other | No. | |||
| 8525.60 | Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus: | ||||
| 8525.60.10 | Transceivers | Free | 35% | ||
| 8525.60.10.10 | Citizens Band (CB) | No. | |||
| 8525.60.10.20 | Low-power radiotelephonic transceivers operating on frequencies from 49.82 to 49.90 MHz | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8525.60.10.30 | Hand-held | No. | |||
| Other: | |||||
| 8525.60.10.40 | Marine VHF-FM | No. | |||
| 8525.60.10.50 | Other | No. | |||
| 8525.60.20.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders: | |||||
| 8525.81.00.00 | High-speed goods as specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.82.00.00 | Other, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant goods as specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.83.00.00 | Other, night vision goods as specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.89 | Other: | ||||
| Television cameras: | |||||
| 8525.89.10.00 | Gyrostabilized television cameras | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.89.20.00 | Studio television cameras excluding shoulder-carried and other portable cameras | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.89.30.00 | Other | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.89.40.00 | Digital still image video cameras | No. | Free | 35% | |
| 8525.89.50 | Other | Free | 35% | ||
| 8525.89.50.30 | Camcorders | No. | |||
| 8525.89.50.50 | Other | No. |
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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.