Code 8523 80 90 · Subheading 8523 80
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers plates, tapes and other media for recording sound or other phenomena, including recorded media, matrices and masters for making plates. It is used for media that are not covered by the named magnetic, optical or semiconductor-based media categories, and excludes goods from Chapter 37.
For example
Official tariff text
Media, recorded, incl. matrices and masters for the production of discs (excl. magnetic, optical and semiconductor media, and products of chapter 37)
Classification complete
8523 80 90
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 85238090.
This is the catch-all under 8523 80: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.
This is the remainder for media for recording or reproducing sound or other phenomena that are not unrecorded media, magnetic media, optical media, fixed non-volatile data-storage devices, smart cards or other named semiconductor-based media.
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; Russian Federation; Iran, Islamic Republic of; any country except Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
85.23.8000
Other
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What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
8523 80 90 00
Other
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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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.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code names unrecorded media, including matrices and masters; this code covers the remaining media in the parent group.
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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