Electrical Machinery and Equipment · 14 court cases · $832.8M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC
General
Free
Special
Free
Column 2
Free
Trade Agreement Eligibility
Monthly Imports
$832.8M
2026-01
Trade Concentration
100%
from top 3 of 1 origins
Regulatory Pressure
HIGH
0 rulings — · 0 reg · 13 CIT, 1 CAFC (2 recent)
Global Rates
🇺🇸 Free
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: N/A · 🇧🇷 Brazil: N/A
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Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, CourtListener · As of 2026-04-28 · Updates monthly
This code has elevated regulatory activity — 0 CBP rulings (0 in last 2 years, trend: stable), 0 pending Federal Register actions, and 14 CIT/CAFC cases.
100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.
This is a high-volume import code — $833M in monthly US imports. Duty rate changes or trade remedy actions on this code have significant economic impact.
List 1 — ~$34B of Chinese goods (machinery, electronics, industrial components)
Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.
Effective 2018-07-06
These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →
| Code | Description | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8518.10 | Microphones and stands therefor: | — |
| 8518.10.40.00 | Microphones having a frequency range of <il>300 Hz</il> to <il>3.4 kHz</il> with a diameter of not exceeding <il>10 mm</il> and a height not exceeding <il>3 mm</il>, for telecommunication use | Free |
| 8518.10.80 | Other | Free |
| 8518.10.80.30 | Microphones | — |
| 8518.10.80.40 | Other | — |
| 8518.21.00.00 | Single loudspeakers, mounted in their enclosures | Free |
| 8518.22.00.00 | Multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosure | Free |
| 8518.29 | Other: | — |
| 8518.29.40.00 | Without housing, having a frequency range of <il>300 Hz</il> to <il>3.4 kHz</il> with a diameter of not exceeding <il>50 mm</il>, for telecommunication use | Free |
| 8518.29.80.00 | Other | Free |
| 8518.30 | Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers: | — |
| 8518.30.10.00 | Line telephone handsets | Free |
| 8518.30.20.00 | Other | Free |
| 8518.40 | Audio-frequency electric amplifiers: | — |
| 8518.40.10.00 | For use as repeaters in line telephony | Free |
| 8518.40.20.00 | Other | Free |
| 8518.50.00.00 | Electric sound amplifier sets | Free |
| 8518.90 | Parts: | — |
| 8518.90.20.00 | Printed circuit assemblies of line telephone handsets; parts of repeaters | Free |
| 8518.90.41.00 | Other | Free |
| 8518.90.60.00 | Printed circuit assemblies of the articles of subheading 8518.10.40 or 8518.29.40 | Free |
| 8518.90.81.00 | Other | Free |
MICROPHONES AND STANDS THEREOF
Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.
