Code 8523 49 · Heading 8523

Recorded optical media for sound or other phenomena, excluding unrecorded media and Chapter 37 goods

This code covers optical media that have recordings of sound or other phenomena. It does not cover unrecorded optical media or goods covered by Chapter 37.

For example

Recorded DVD
Recorded laser-based disc other than a DVD
Other recorded optical medium, excluding DVDs and laser-based discs

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Optical media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena (excl. unrecorded and goods of chapter 37)

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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 8523 Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devi… 22 of 48 headings under chapter 85
What kind of medium is it: a coded magnetic-stripe card, another magnetic medium, an unrecorded or recorded optical medium, a fixed non-volatile data-storage device, a smart card, an unrecorded semiconductor-based medium, or another medium for reproducing sound or other phenomena, including a matrix or master for making plates?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8523 49 Optical media for the recording of sound or of othe… 4 of 8 subheadings under heading 8523
Is it a recorded DVD, a recorded laser-based disc other than a DVD, or another recorded optical medium?

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Export to Norway

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85.23.4901

For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image, or for reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data-processing machine

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
85.23.4902

DVD ("Digital Versatile Disc") Video

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
85.23.4903

For reproducing sound only

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
85.23.4909

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

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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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