{
  "summary": "In the United States tariff, line 8543.70.88.00 covers other machines and apparatus, electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console. Goods under this line enter free of general (MFN) duty. It falls under HS subheading 8543.70 in heading 85.43 (chapter 85).",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-09",
  "facts": [
    {
      "label": "Tariff line",
      "value": "8543.70.88.00",
      "source": "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false"
    },
    {
      "label": "Covers",
      "value": "Other machines and apparatus, electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console",
      "source": "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false"
    },
    {
      "label": "Duty (MFN)",
      "value": "Free",
      "source": "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false"
    },
    {
      "label": "Additional duties",
      "value": "None recorded",
      "source": null
    },
    {
      "label": "Restrictions",
      "value": "None recorded",
      "source": null
    },
    {
      "label": "Tariff",
      "value": "United States",
      "source": "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false",
      "url": "https://border.bot/countries/united-states"
    },
    {
      "label": "HS subheading",
      "value": "8543.70",
      "source": null,
      "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/854370"
    }
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "What does tariff line 8543.70.88.00 cover in the United States tariff?",
      "answer": "In the United States tariff, line 8543.70.88.00 covers other machines and apparatus, electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the general (MFN) duty on 8543.70.88.00 in the United States?",
      "answer": "Goods under this line enter free of general (MFN) duty."
    }
  ],
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "covers",
      "title": "What this line covers",
      "text": [
        "In the United States tariff, line 8543.70.88.00 covers other machines and apparatus, electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console.",
        "Its legal text is “Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console”, read under “Other machines and apparatus”, “Other” and “Other”."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "structure",
      "title": "How it is structured",
      "text": [
        "It falls under HS subheading 8543.70 in heading 85.43 (chapter 85). The first six digits are the Harmonized System code; the 4 digits after them are added by the United States tariff."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "duty",
      "title": "Duty",
      "text": [
        "Goods under this line enter free of general (MFN) duty."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "other-countries",
      "title": "In other countries",
      "text": [
        "No other national tariff on border.bot has live lines under 8543.70 yet."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sources",
      "title": "Sources and updates",
      "text": [
        "The tariff lines for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.",
        "The duty rates for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.",
        "The trade programmes for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.",
        "This page was last updated on 9 October 2026.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "data": {
    "type": "country-line",
    "country": {
      "code": "US",
      "name": "United States",
      "slug": "united-states"
    },
    "schedule": {
      "code": "US",
      "name": "United States",
      "slug": "united-states"
    },
    "borrowed": false,
    "localTaxes": [],
    "localDeminimis": [],
    "ratesLive": true,
    "provenance": [
      {
        "dataset": "US:hs",
        "country": "US",
        "kind": "hs",
        "seq": 1,
        "version": "2026HTSRev21",
        "liveAt": "2026-10-09T21:15:50.043Z",
        "origin": "source",
        "sourceUrls": [
          "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false"
        ]
      },
      {
        "dataset": "US:rates",
        "country": "US",
        "kind": "rates",
        "seq": 1,
        "version": "2026HTSRev21",
        "liveAt": "2026-10-09T21:15:36.287Z",
        "origin": "source",
        "sourceUrls": [
          "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false"
        ]
      },
      {
        "dataset": "US:programmes",
        "country": "US",
        "kind": "programmes",
        "seq": 1,
        "version": "2026HTSRev21",
        "liveAt": "2026-10-09T21:15:58.040Z",
        "origin": "source",
        "sourceUrls": [
          "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0000000000&to=9999999999&format=CSV&styles=false"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "dateModified": "2026-10-09T21:15:58.040Z",
    "chapter": {
      "code": "85",
      "description": "Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles"
    },
    "heading": {
      "code": "8543",
      "description": "Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof"
    },
    "subheading": {
      "code": "854370",
      "description": "Other machines and apparatus"
    },
    "line": {
      "code": "8543708800",
      "description": "Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console",
      "levels": [
        "Other machines and apparatus",
        "Other",
        "Other",
        "Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions; video game console controllers which use infrared transmissions to operate or access the various functions and capabilities of the console"
      ],
      "english": null,
      "keywords": [],
      "lang": "en",
      "general": {
        "code": "8543708800",
        "dutyText": "Free",
        "startDate": null,
        "endDate": null,
        "unit": null
      },
      "preferences": [],
      "measures": [],
      "restrictions": []
    },
    "siblings": [
      {
        "code": "8543702000",
        "description": "Physical vapor deposition apparatus"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543704200",
        "description": "Flight data recorders"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543704500",
        "description": "Other"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543706000",
        "description": "Articles designed for connection to telegraphic or telephonic apparatus or instruments or to telegraphic or telephonic networks"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543707100",
        "description": "Electric luminescent lamps"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543708000",
        "description": "Microwave amplifiers"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543708500",
        "description": "For electrical nerve stimulation"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543708900",
        "description": "Other portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still images or audio files"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543709100",
        "description": "Digital signal processing apparatus capable of connecting to a wired or wireless network for the mixing of sound"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543709301",
        "description": "Portable interactive electronic education devices primarily designed for children"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543709500",
        "description": "Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called \"touch screens\") without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infra-red lights or other touch-sensitive technology)"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543709700",
        "description": "Plasma cleaner machines that remove organic contaminants from electron microscopy specimens and specimen holders"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543709810",
        "description": "Amplifiers"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543709820",
        "description": "Special effects pedals for use with musical instruments"
      },
      {
        "code": "8543709860",
        "description": "Other"
      }
    ],
    "siblingsTotal": 15,
    "previous": {
      "code": "8543708500",
      "description": "For electrical nerve stimulation",
      "indexable": true
    },
    "next": {
      "code": "8543708900",
      "description": "Other portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still images or audio files",
      "indexable": true
    },
    "otherSchedules": [],
    "seo": {
      "canonicalPath": "/countries/united-states/hs-codes/8543708800",
      "robots": "index",
      "sitemap": true,
      "reasons": [
        "1 national lines"
      ]
    }
  },
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "pages": 1,
    "size": 100,
    "total": 0,
    "prev": null,
    "next": null
  },
  "previous": "https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/8543708500",
  "next": "https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/8543708900",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/8543708800.json",
    "html": "https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/8543708800",
    "canonical": "https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/8543708800",
    "markdown": "https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/8543708800.md",
    "tools": {
      "calculator": "https://border.bot/tools/landed-cost-calculator",
      "classifier": "https://border.bot/tools/hs-code-classifier",
      "api": "https://api.border.bot/v1"
    }
  },
  "code": "8543708800",
  "attribution": "border.bot tariff reference (border.bot), compiled from the official publishers named on each page.",
  "terms": "https://border.bot/legal/terms",
  "notice": "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.",
  "catalogVersion": "08bc53aa"
}