HEADING 8517
Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528; parts thereof:
Part of Chapter 85 — Electrical Machinery and Equipment, Section XVI.
Subheadings and tariff lines
8517D01Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks :
8517.11.00.00Line telephone sets with cordless handsets
8517.13.00.00Smartphones
8517.14.00Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks
8517.14.00.20Radio telephones designed for installation in motor vehicles for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication Service
8517.14.00.50Other radio telephones designed for the Public Cellular Radiotelecommunication Service
8517.14.00.80Other
8517.18.00Other
8517.18.00.10Videophones
8517.18.00.20Multiline telephones (including key, call director and consoles)
8517.18.00.50Other
8517D02Other apparatus for transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network):
8517.61.00.00Base stations
8517.62.00Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus
8517.62.00.10Modems, of a kind used with data processing machines of heading 8471
8517.62.00.20Switching and routing apparatus
8517.62.00.90Other
8517.69.00.00Other
8517D03Parts:
8517.71.00.00Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith
8517.79.00.00Other
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