Section XVI · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV apparatus

8523.21

Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe

How this code is built
85

Chapter

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV apparatus

23

Heading

The product family within the chapter

21

Subheading

The specific good, identical worldwide

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. The United States adds two more for the tariff rate and, often, two more for statistics — which is why the rates below are listed against 8- and 10-digit numbers rather than against this code.

How the schedule reaches this code

  1. 85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts; sound and TV apparatus
  2. 8523Discs, 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:
  3. Magnetic media:
  4. Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe

Published US duty rates

Duty is set at the 8- or 10-digit line, not at this 6-digit subheading, so more than one rate can sit under this code.

  • 8523.21.00.00Cards incorporating a magnetic stripeNo.
    General
    Free
    Special (FTA)
    —

    No preferential rate published.

    Column 2
    80%

    Countries without normal trade relations.

Schedule footnotes

  • See 9903.88.03.

A reference to Chapter 99 means an additional action — a Section 232 or 301 measure, an exclusion, or a quota — applies on top of the rate above.

This is the listed rate. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Chapter 99 actions and preference qualification all change what is actually collected, and classification is a judgement about your goods. Verify with your licensed customs broker before you file.

Other subheadings in heading 8523

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) — 2026 HTS Revision 12, released 2026-07-21, published at hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work in the public domain.