Electrical Machinery and Equipment · 14 court cases · $717.1M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC
General
Free
Special
Free
Column 2
Free
Trade Agreement Eligibility
Monthly Imports
$717.1M
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, Regulations.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 — $717M 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8525.50 | Transmission apparatus: | — |
| 8525.50.10.00 | Set top boxes which have a communication function | Free |
| 8525.50.30 | Other | Free |
| 8525.50.30.15 | Apparatus for the reception of television signals relayed by television satellite | — |
| 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 | — |
| 8525.50.30.40 | Other | — |
| 8525.50.70 | For radiobroadcasting | Free |
| 8525.50.70.10 | Transmitters | — |
| 8525.50.70.50 | Other | — |
| 8525.60 | Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus: | — |
| 8525.60.10 | Transceivers | Free |
| 8525.60.10.10 | Citizens Band (CB) | — |
| 8525.60.10.20 | Low-power radiotelephonic transceivers operating on frequencies from 49.82 to <il>49.90 MHz</il> | — |
| 8525.60.10.30 | Hand-held | — |
| 8525.60.10.40 | Marine VHF-FM | — |
| 8525.60.10.50 | Other | — |
| 8525.60.20.00 | Other | Free |
| 8525.81.00.00 | High-speed goods as specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter | Free |
| 8525.82.00.00 | Other, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant goods as specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter | Free |
| 8525.83.00.00 | Other, night vision goods as specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter | Free |
| 8525.89 | Other: | — |
| 8525.89.10.00 | Gyrostabilized television cameras | Free |
| 8525.89.20.00 | Studio television cameras excluding shoulder-carried and other portable cameras | Free |
| 8525.89.30.00 | Other | Free |
| 8525.89.40.00 | Digital still image video cameras | Free |
| 8525.89.50 | Other | Free |
| 8525.89.50.30 | Camcorders | — |
| 8525.89.50.50 | Other | — |
USTR regulatory documents related to this tariff code from Regulations.gov.
Request for Comments: Proposed Modification of Action Pursuant to Section 301: China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
Exclusion Denied, General Motors Company, navigation signal splitter assembly, HTS 8529109100
Exclusion Denied, General Motors Company, high frequency antenna assembly, HTS 8529109100
Exclusion Denied, General Motors Company, high frequency antenna assembly, HTS 8529109100
Exclusion Denied, General Motors Company, high frequency antenna assemblies, HTS 8529109100
Source: Regulations.gov
TELEVISION APPARATUS FOR THE RECEPTION OF TELEVISION SIGNALS RELAYED BY TELEVISION SATELLITE
Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.
