Code 8543 70 05 · Subheading 8543 70
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This code covers portable electronic card readers powered by batteries. They are designed to record and reproduce text, images and audio files.
Official tariff text
Portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still image or audio file
Classification complete
8543 70 05
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 85437005.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 3.7%.
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; 44 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, 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.
85.43.7000
Other machines and apparatus
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.
8543 70 05 00
Portable battery operated electronic readers for recording and reproducing text, still image or audio file
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).
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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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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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