Code 8519 20 · Heading 8519

Coin-, banknote-, card- or token-activated sound recorders or players

This covers sound recording or playback equipment that is activated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or similar means of payment. The children distinguish between jukeboxes for gramophone records with a coin slot, equipment with a laser-based reading system, and equipment without a laser-based reading system.

For example

A coin-operated jukebox for gramophone records
A bank-card-activated sound player with a laser-based reading system
A token-activated sound player without a laser-based reading system

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Official tariff text

Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment [juke boxes]

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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 8519 Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus 19 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it activated by a coin, banknote, bank card, gaming token or similar payment method; is it a turntable; does it use magnetic, optical or semiconductor-based media; or is it another sound recorder or sound player?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8519 20 Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus, ope… 1 of 4 subheadings under heading 8519
Which type is it: a coin-operated jukebox for gramophone records, a coin-, banknote-, bank-card-, token- or similarly activated sound recorder or player with a laser-based reading system, or such equipment without a laser-based reading system?

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8519 20 Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment [juke boxes] you are here 4.5–9.5%
8519 30 Turntables "record-decks" 2.0%
8519 81 Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus, using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media (excl. those operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment, and turntables) 0.0%
8519 89 Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus (excl. using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media, those operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment, and turntables) 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

85.19.2000

Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment

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.

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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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Turntables "record-decks"

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