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  "summary": "Televisions are usually classified under HS code 8528.72 when it is a colour television receiver with a video display or screen. It sits in heading 85.28, “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”.",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-11",
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      "label": "Most likely code",
      "value": "8528.72",
      "source": null,
      "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/852872"
    },
    {
      "label": "Chapter",
      "value": "85: 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",
      "source": null,
      "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/85"
    },
    {
      "label": "Candidate codes",
      "value": "1",
      "source": null
    },
    {
      "label": "HS edition",
      "value": "HS2022",
      "source": null
    }
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  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "What is the HS code for televisions?",
      "answer": "Televisions are usually classified under HS code 8528.72 when it is a colour television receiver with a video display or screen. It sits in heading 85.28, “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”."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does the tuner change the HS code for televisions?",
      "answer": "Yes. Use 8528.72 when it is a colour television receiver with a video display or screen. Use 8528.59 when it is a monitor with no television reception apparatus (no tuner)."
    }
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      "id": "choose",
      "title": "How to choose the right code",
      "text": [
        "Does it have television reception apparatus (a tuner), or is it a display only? Use 8528.72 when it is a colour television receiver with a video display or screen. Use 8528.59 when it is a monitor with no television reception apparatus (no tuner).",
        "Some similar goods are classified elsewhere: 8528.59 applies when it is a monitor with no television reception apparatus (no tuner)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "codes",
      "title": "Codes for televisions",
      "text": [
        "Each code is listed with its legal text from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, quoted as published, and the condition under which it applies to televisions."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "similar",
      "title": "Similar products",
      "text": [
        "Products in the same category as televisions, or classified under the same headings."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "countries",
      "title": "Duty rates by country",
      "text": [
        "National tariff lines for televisions are live for the United States. Each page lists the lines under the codes above, with their duty rates where they are live."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "check",
      "title": "Check your exact product",
      "text": [
        "Describe your product, or paste its page, and the classifier suggests the code with its reasons."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "note",
      "title": "Classification depends on the exact product",
      "text": [
        "The right code depends on what the product is made of, how it is made and what it is for, so two products sold as televisions can fall under different codes.",
        "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."
      ]
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      "id": "sources",
      "title": "Sources and updates",
      "text": [
        "The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The conditions and questions on this page were written for televisions by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again."
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        "TV",
        "TVs",
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        "flat screen TV",
        "LED TV",
        "OLED TV"
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