Electrical Machinery and Equipment · 14 court cases · $2626.8M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC
General
Free
Special
Free
Column 2
Free
Trade Agreement Eligibility
Monthly Imports
$2626.8M
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, CPSC SaferProducts.gov · As of 2026-04-29 · 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 — $2627M 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8523.21.00.00 | Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe | Free |
| 8523.29 | Other: | — |
| 8523.29.10.00 | Unrecorded magnetic media | Free |
| 8523.29.20.00 | Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image | Free |
| 8523.29.30.00 | News sound recordings relating to current events | Free |
| 8523.29.40 | Other | Free |
| 8523.29.40.10 | Sound recordings on cassette tapes | — |
| 8523.29.40.20 | Other | — |
| 8523.29.50 | Video tape recordings | Free |
| 8523.29.50.10 | In cassettes | — |
| 8523.29.50.20 | Other | — |
| 8523.29.60.00 | Other | Free |
| 8523.29.70 | Video tape recordings | Free |
| 8523.29.70.10 | Of a width not exceeding 16 mm, in cassettes | — |
| 8523.29.70.20 | Other | — |
| 8523.29.80.00 | Other | Free |
| 8523.29.90.00 | Other | Free |
| 8523.41.00.00 | Unrecorded | Free |
| 8523.49 | Other: | — |
| 8523.49.20 | For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image | Free |
| 8523.49.20.10 | Prepackaged software for automatic data processing machines, of a kind sold at retail | — |
| 8523.49.20.20 | Other | — |
| 8523.49.30.00 | For reproducing sound only | Free |
| 8523.49.40.00 | For reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machine; proprietary format recorded discs | Free |
| 8523.49.50.00 | Other | Free |
| 8523.51.00.00 | Solid-state non-volatile storage devices | Free |
| 8523.52.00 | "Smart cards" | Free |
| 8523.52.00.10 | Unrecorded | — |
| 8523.52.00.90 | Other | — |
| 8523.59.00.00 | Other | Free |
| 8523.80 | Other: | — |
| 8523.80.10.00 | Phonograph records | Free |
| 8523.80.20.00 | Other | Free |
CARDS, RECORDED, INCORPORATING A MAGNETIC STRIPE
Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.
