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Heading Duty(general) Duty(china) Article Description Compare Code
3706.10.30.00 1.4% The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25% Sound recordings on motion-picture film suitable for use in connection with motion-picture exhibits --
8523.29.30.00 Free The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 7.5% News sound recordings relating to current events vs-3706103000
8523.29.40.10 Free The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 7.5% Sound recordings on cassette tapes vs-8523293000
9808.00.20.00 Free Sound recordings and recorded video tapes for use by it in the program authorized by the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431-1479)
Articles for military departments:
vs-8523294010
9809.00.10 Free Public documents, whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media (including exposed and developed motion picture and other films, recorded video tapes and sound recordings) issued essentially at the instance and expense of a foreign government, of a political subdivision of a foreign country or of an international organization the membership of which includes two or more foreign countries
Articles for foreign governments on a reciprocal basis and for public international organizations:
vs-9808002000
9810.00.05.00 Free Drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, sound recordings, recorded video tapes and photographic and other prints, all the foregoing whether bound or unbound, and exposed photographic films (including motion-picture films) whether or not developed vs-98090010
9810.00.30.00 Free Drawings and plans, reproductions thereof, engravings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, globes, sound recordings, recorded video tapes and photographic and other prints, all the foregoing whether bound or unbound, and exposed photographic films (including motion-picture films) whether or not developed vs-9810000500
9817.00.40.00 Free Developed photographic film, including motion-picture film on which pictures or sound and pictures have been recorded; photographic slides; transparencies; sound recordings; recorded video tape; models (except toy models); charts; maps; globes; and posters; all of the foregoing which are determined to be visual or auditory materials in accordance with U.S. note 1(a) of this subchapter
Articles determined to be visual or auditory materials in accordance with U.S. note 1 of this subchapter:
vs-9810003000
9817.00.46.00 Free Sound recordings, combination sound and visual recordings, and magnetic recordings; video discs, video tapes and similar articles vs-9817004000
3706 Motion-picture film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating sound track or consisting only of sound track: vs-9817004600
6806 Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 6811 or 6812, or of chapter 69: vs-3706
8512.30.00 2.5% The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25% Sound signaling equipment vs-6806
8518 Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets; parts thereof: vs-85123000
8519 Sound recording or reproducing apparatus: vs-8518
8523 Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of Chapter 37:
Magnetic media:
vs-8519
8525 Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders: vs-8523
8527 Reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock:
Radiobroadcast receivers capable of operating without an external source of power:
vs-8525
8528 Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus:
Cathode-ray tube monitors:
vs-8527
8531 Electric sound or visual signaling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530; parts thereof: vs-8528
8543.70.91.00 Free The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25% Digital signal processing apparatus capable of connecting to a wired or wireless network for the mixing of sound vs-8531