HEADING 8523
Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of Chapter 37:
Part of Chapter 85 — Electrical Machinery and Equipment, Section XVI.
Subheadings and tariff lines
8523D01Magnetic media:
8523.21.00.00Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe
8523.29Other:
8523.29.10.00Unrecorded magnetic media
8523.29D02Other:
8523.29.20.00Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image
8523.29.10.00D03Other magnetic tapes:
8523.29.20.00D04Of a width not exceeding 4 mm:
8523.29.30.00News sound recordings relating to current events
8523.29.40Other
8523.29.40.10Sound recordings on cassette tapes
8523.29.40.20Other
8523.29.20.00D05Of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6.5 mm:
8523.29.50Video tape recordings
8523.29.50.10In cassettes
8523.29.50.20Other
8523.29.60.00Other
8523.29.20.00D06Of a width exceeding 6.5 mm:
8523.29.70Video tape recordings
8523.29.70.10Of a width not exceeding 16 mm, in cassettes
8523.29.70.20Other
8523.29.80.00Other
8523.29.90.00Other
8523D07Optical media:
8523.41.00.00Unrecorded
8523.49Other:
8523.49.20For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image
8523.49.20.10Prepackaged software for automatic data processing machines, of a kind sold at retail
8523.49.20.20Other
8523.49.30.00For reproducing sound only
8523.49D08Other:
8523.49.40.00For 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; proprietary format recorded discs
8523.49.50.00Other
8523D09Semiconductor media:
8523.51.00.00Solid-state non-volatile storage devices
8523.52.00"Smart cards"
8523.52.00.10Unrecorded
8523.52.00.90Other
8523.59.00.00Other
8523.80Other:
8523.80.10.00Phonograph records
8523.80.20.00Other
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