10%
HTS code 8517.13.00.00 · Smartphone · origin China · data as of 2026-09-22
A shipment of smartphone entering the United States from China is classified under HTS code 8517.13.00.00 and pays 10% total import duty on its customs value. That is the 0% normal (MFN) rate plus IEEPA country programme, which is a separate heading in Chapter 99 of the tariff schedule. The duty is worked out on the customs value of the goods, which is normally what you paid for them; freight, insurance, customs brokerage and any merchandise processing fee come on top and are not included in the figure above.
| Layer | Heading | Rate | As the schedule words it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General) | 8517.13.00.00 | 0% | Free |
| IEEPA country programme | 9903.01.24 | 10% | The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 10% |
| Total | 10% | ||
8517.13.00.00.The normal duty is the column 1-General rate the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sets for this code. Every country the United States trades with normally pays it unless a trade agreement or a preference programme says otherwise.
The IEEPA duty is a country programme added under emergency economic powers. It is charged on top of the normal rate and is keyed to the country of origin, not to the product.
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: > Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks : > Smartphones
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