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8549
Electrical and electronic waste and scrap:
HTS Code 8549 covers any article best defined as Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such ArticlesElectrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articlesElectrical and electronic waste and scrap: in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 4 sub-classifications.
Where 8549 Appears in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
4 sub-codes- Section 16Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
- Chapter 85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
- 8549Electrical and electronic waste and scrap:
HTS Codes Under 8549
- —Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators:
- —Of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal:
- —Other electrical and electronic assemblies and printed circuit boards:
- —Other:
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Notes
Official USITC notes that may affect classification under HTS 8549.
Section 16 NotesMachinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
Chapter 85 NotesElectrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
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CBP classification rulings related to 8549.
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