Code 8518 30 · Heading 8518

Headphones, earphones and microphone-speaker sets, excluding telephone and hearing devices

This covers headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, as well as sets consisting of a microphone and one or more speakers. It excludes telephone and hearing devices, and pilot helmets or similar items with built-in headphones, whether or not they have a built-in microphone.

For example

Over-ear headphones
In-ear earphones
Headphones with a built-in microphone
A set consisting of a microphone and one or more speakers

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Official tariff text

Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers (excl. telephone sets, hearing aids and helmets with built-in headphones, whether or not incorporating a microphone)

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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 8518 Microphones and stands therefor (excl. cordless mic… 18 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it a microphone or stand, a single speaker in a cabinet, a speaker system in a common cabinet, a speaker without a cabinet, headphones or earphones, a microphone-and-speaker set, an electric low-frequency amplifier, an electric audio amplifier, or a part for one of these products?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8518 30 Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined w… 5 of 8 subheadings under heading 8518
Is it headphones or earphones, with or without a microphone, or a set consisting of a microphone and one or more speakers, rather than one of the excluded products?

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8518 30 00 Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers (excl. telephone sets, hearing aids and helmets with built-in headphones, whether or not incorporating a microphone) Duty free Save

Compare the sibling codes

8518 10 Microphones and stands therefor (excl. cordless microphones with built-in transmitter) 0.0%
8518 21 Single loudspeakers, mounted in their enclosures 0.0%
8518 22 Multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosure 0.0%
8518 29 Loudspeakers, without enclosure 0.0%
8518 30 Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers (excl. telephone sets, hearing aids and helmets with built-in headphones, whether or not incorporating a microphone) you are here 0.0%
8518 40 Audio-frequency electric amplifiers 0.0%
8518 50 Electric sound amplifier sets 0.0%
8518 90 Parts of microphones, loudspeakers, headphones and earphones, earphones, audio-frequency electric amplifiers or electric sound amplifier sets, n.e.s. 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

85.18.3000

Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers

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 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

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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