US import duty on headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone from China
Verified: worked out 2 independent ways from the tariff schedule, and the 2 readings agree.
Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers, imported from China: the effective US import duty is 0%, read from HTS 2026 Revision 18 on 10 September 2026.
On a unit that cost you $100, the duty is $0.00 and the landed cost before freight and brokerage is $100.00. What that does to a margin, and what else counts in landed cost, is worked through in the landed cost note.
The working
Tariff line 8518.30.20.00, classified in the schedule as: 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 › Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers › Other. Base duty: MFN general 'Free' on 8518.30.20.00.
No chapter 99 layer applies to this origin on this line.
Still printed in the schedule, and left out here
These layers appear against this line in the published schedule and are no longer collected. Each is left out only on the evidence shown. Adding them up as printed would give 20%, and that is the number a straight reading of the schedule gives.
| Layer | Why it is left out | Would add |
|---|---|---|
| 9903.01.20 | IEEPA duties: northern/southern border + synthetic-opioid (China) + reciprocal baseline and related carve-outs (U.S. note 2 block). Stopped 24 February 2026. Evidence: Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, No. 24-1287 (U.S. Feb. 20, 2026), consolidated with Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc.; Ending Collection of International Emergency Economic Powers Act Duties; Ending Certain Tariff Actions (Feb. 20, 2026) | +10 not charged |
| 9903.01.24 | IEEPA duties: northern/southern border + synthetic-opioid (China) + reciprocal baseline and related carve-outs (U.S. note 2 block). Stopped 24 February 2026. Evidence: Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, No. 24-1287 (U.S. Feb. 20, 2026), consolidated with Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc.; Ending Collection of International Emergency Economic Powers Act Duties; Ending Certain Tariff Actions (Feb. 20, 2026) | +10 not charged |
How current is this?
This page is rendered from the record the pipeline wrote at 06:10 UTC on 10 September 2026, reading HTS 2026 Revision 18. The schedule is read again at 06:10 and 18:10 UTC every day, each rate is worked out 2 independent ways, and a layer is left out only on a court ruling, a Federal Register action or a CBP notice. If you are reading this long after that date, the number may have moved; the date is on the page so that a quote of it carries its own expiry.
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