What HS code 8541.90 covers
HS code 8541.90 classifies electrical apparatus; parts for diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices and photosensitive semiconductor devices. It is a subheading of heading 8541 (Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals), 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.
Classification path
Import duty for 8541.90
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 8541
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 8541.90.
- 8541.10 Electrical apparatus; diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED)
- 8541.21 Electrical apparatus; transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of less than 1W
- 8541.29 Electrical apparatus; transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more
- 8541.30 Electrical apparatus; thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices
- 8541.41 Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, light emitting diodes (LED)
- 8541.42 Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells not assembled in modules or made up into panels
- 8541.43 Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels
- 8541.49 Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, diodes other than light emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels
- 8541.51 Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices, semiconductor-based transducers
- 8541.59 Electrical apparatus; photosensitive semiconductor devices n.e.c. in heading no. 8541
- 8541.60 Crystals; mounted piezo-electric
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