Code 8523 80 · Heading 8523

Unrecorded media for reproducing sound or other phenomena, including matrices and masters

This covers unrecorded media for reproducing sound or other phenomena, including matrices and masters for making records. It does not cover plates for magnetic, optical or semiconductor-based media, or goods covered by the separate tariff chapter excluded from this heading.

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An unrecorded matrix for making records
An unrecorded master for making records

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Official tariff text

Media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, incl. matrices and masters for the production of discs (excl. magnetic, optical and semiconductor media, and products 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 80 Media for the recording of sound or of other phenom… 8 of 8 subheadings under heading 8523
Is the item an unrecorded medium, including a matrix or master, that is not a plate for a magnetic, optical or semiconductor-based medium, or is it a recorded or other medium, including a plate, tape, non-volatile semiconductor memory or other medium?

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8523 21 Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe for the recording of sound or of other phenomena 0.0%
8523 29 Magnetic media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena (excl. cards incorporating a magnetic stripe and goods of chapter 37) 0.0%
8523 41 Optical media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, unrecorded (excl. goods of chapter 37) No rate on file
8523 49 Optical media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena (excl. unrecorded and goods of chapter 37) No rate on file
8523 51 Solid-state, non-volatile data storage devices for recording data from an external source [flash memory cards or flash electronic storage cards] (excl. goods of chapter 37) 0.0%
8523 52 Cards incorporating one or more electronic integrated circuits "smart cards" 0.0%
8523 59 Semiconductor media, unrecorded, for the recording of sound or of other phenomena (excl. solid-state non-volatile data storage devices, smart cards and goods of chapter 37) 0.0%
8523 80 Media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, incl. matrices and masters for the production of discs (excl. magnetic, optical and semiconductor media, and products of chapter 37) you are here 0.0%

Export to Norway

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

85.23.8000

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. 9, 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. 9, 2026.

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

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