Code 8517 69 · Heading 8517

Apparatus for sending or receiving voice, images or other data, excluding telephones, base stations and specified transmission or reception equipment

This covers equipment for sending or receiving voice, images or other data, including communication equipment for wired or wireless networks such as local or wide area networks. It excludes telephone apparatus, cellular or other wireless-network phones, base stations, data reception/conversion/transmission/restoration equipment, and transmitters or receivers covered by headings 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528.

For example

Videophone
Wired-telephony intercom
Radiotelephony or radiotelegraphy receiver

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Official tariff text

Apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, incl. apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network [such as a local or wide area network] (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, base stations, apparatus for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, and transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528)

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereo… 2 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the product: an electrical motor, generator or converter; a transformer or electrical converter; a magnet; a primary cell or battery; an accumulator; a household appliance; a shaver or hair-removal appliance; equipment for an internal-combustion engine, vehicle or bicycle; a portable lamp; an industrial or laboratory heating appliance; soldering or welding equipment; another electrical heating appliance; a telephone or other data-communication device; sound equipment; video equipment or recording media; a display module; a radio, television, radar, navigation or remote-control device; electrical control, switching, lighting, semiconductor, circuit, cable or insulation equipment; another electrical machine or apparatus; or electrical and electronic waste or scrap?
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Step 3 · Heading 8517 Telephone sets, incl. smartphones and other telepho… 17 of 48 headings under chapter 85
What is the item: a wired telephone with a wireless handset; a smartphone for a wireless network; another cellular or wireless-network telephone; another wired telephone; a base station; equipment for receiving, converting, transferring or restoring voice, pictures or other data, including switching or routing equipment; other equipment for sending or receiving voice, pictures or other data through wired or wireless networks; an antenna, antenna reflector or suitable part; or another part?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8517 69 Apparatus for the transmission or reception of voic… 7 of 9 subheadings under heading 8517
Is it a videophone, an intercom for wired telephony, a receiver for radiotelephony or radiotelegraphy, or another apparatus for sending or receiving voice, images or other data?

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8517 11 Line telephone sets with cordless handsets 0.0%
8517 13 Smartphones for wireless networks 0.0%
8517 14 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks (excl. line telephone sets with cordless handsets, and smartphones) 0.0%
8517 18 Telephone sets (excl. line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks) 0.0%
8517 61 Base stations of apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data 0.0%
8517 62 Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, incl. switching and routing apparatus (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks) 0.0%
8517 69 Apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, incl. apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network [such as a local or wide area network] (excl. telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, base stations, apparatus for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, and transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528) you are here 0.0%
8517 71 Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds, of telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks and of other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data; parts suitable for use therewith 0.0%
8517 79 Parts of telephone sets, telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks and of other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, n.e.s. 0.0%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

85.17.6900

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 4 UK lines under this code

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Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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