Classification complete
8523 41 30
Blank, non-erasable DVD-R or DVD+R discs over 900 megabytes and up to 18 gigabytes
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 85234130.
Code 8523 41 30 · Subheading 8523 41
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This covers blank discs for laser-based reading systems that are non-erasable DVD-R or DVD+R discs. Their capacity must be over 900 megabytes but no more than 18 gigabytes.
Official tariff text
Optical discs for laser reading systems, unrecorded, of a recording capacity > 900 megabytes but <= 18 gigabytes, non-erasable "DVD-/+Rs"
Classification complete
8523 41 30
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 85234130.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 38 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Ukraine, Libya, Belarus and Russian Federation.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
85.23.4100
Unrecorded
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
8523 41 30 00
Discs for laser reading systems of a recording capacity exceeding 900|megabytes but not exceeding 18|gigabytes, other than erasable
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers optical disc storage units for digital automatic data-processing machines, such as CD-ROM drives, rather than the discs themselves.
That code covers non-erasable laser-reading discs with a capacity of no more than 900 megabytes, while this code covers capacities over 900 megabytes but no more than 18 gigabytes.
That code covers other unrecorded optical media, including CD-RWs, DVD-/+RWs, DVD-RAMs and Minidiscs, while this code specifically covers non-erasable DVD-/+Rs in the stated capacity range.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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