What HS code 8517.79 covers
HS code 8517.79 classifies communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds. It is a subheading of heading 8517 (Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528), in chapter 85 (Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles), section XVI of the Harmonized System. These six digits are identical in every country that uses the HS.
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Import duty for 8517.79
Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.
Source: HTSUS / CBP
Erga-omnes (third-country) MFN rate. Import VAT of 17 to 27 percent by country, and any anti-dumping measures, apply separately.
Source: TARIC
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Related codes in heading 8517
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 8517.79.
- 8517.11 Line telephone sets with cordless handsets
- 8517.13 Telephone sets; smartphones for cellular or other wireless networks
- 8517.14 Telephone sets; other than smartphones, for cellular or other wireless networks
- 8517.18 Telephone sets n.e.c. in item no. 8517.1
- 8517.61 Base stations
- 8517.62 Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations); machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus
- 8517.69 Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations); machines for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), n.e.c. in item no. 8517.6
- 8517.71 Communication apparatus; parts, aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds, part suitable for use therewith
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