8518.10: Microphones and stands therefor

1. 8518 10 00 00 Microphones and stands therefor Free
2. 8518 10 00 10 For use in civil aircraft Free
3. 8518 10 00 90 Other Free

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£116.5m+16.2% · previous 12 months

Average import price£75.32 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£57.8m	49.6%	+20.5%
Vietnam	£9.6m	8.2%	+43.6%
Germany	£9m	7.7%	-12.7%
Mexico	£7.2m	6.2%	+82.7%
United States	£5.3m	4.6%	+0.1%
Denmark	£4.1m	3.5%	+30.7%
Romania	£3.9m	3.3%	+4.2%
Australia	£3.7m	3.2%	-44.8%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 2.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines Brazil Free – 20% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 6.7% Argentina Free – 20% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 10% Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines GCC Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$2bn	39.9%
2	Malaysia	US$381m	9.5%
3	Germany	US$340m	8.5%
4	United States	US$215m	5.3%
5	Mexico	US$203m	5.1%
6	Australia	US$156m	3.9%
7	Vietnam	US$138m	3.4%
8	Japan	US$94m	2.3%
9	Hungary	US$91m	2.3%
10	Denmark	US$85m	2.1%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$601m	15%
2	Germany	US$325m	8.1%
3	Hong Kong SAR China	US$257m	6.4%
4	China	US$226m	5.6%
5	Malaysia	US$194m	4.8%
6	Vietnam	US$180m	4.5%
7	Netherlands	US$169m	4.2%
8	Mexico	US$127m	3.2%
9	United Kingdom	US$123m	3.1%
10	France	US$119m	3%

Import duty on this product around the world 165

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

• 9.5%median duty
• 50number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 50%highest: Kiribati, Montserrat, Bahamas

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	10%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	30%		2023
Angola	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	20%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	11%	2% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	1.7%	0% – 5%	2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	0%		2023
Azerbaijan	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	35%		2022
Bahrain	0%		2023
Bangladesh	25%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	20%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	1.7%	0% – 5%	2021 · HS 2017
Belize	20%		2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2.5%	0% – 5%	2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Brazil	11%	2% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	30%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	10%	0% – 30%	2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	30%		2023
Chad	30%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	0%		2023
Colombia	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	30%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Côte d’Ivoire	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	7%	0% – 14%	2023
Ecuador	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	2.5%	0% – 5%	2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	30%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
Ethiopia	20%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	0%		2023
French Polynesia	6%		2023
Gabon	30%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	20%		2023
Gibraltar	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	20%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Guyana	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	15%		2023
Indonesia	6.7%	0% – 10%	2023
Iran	10%		2020 · HS 2017
Israel	3%	0% – 12%	2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	20%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kiribati	50%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	0%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	1.7%	0% – 5%	2021 · HS 2017
Laos	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malawi	8.3%	0% – 25%	2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	13%	5% – 20%	2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritania	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	6.5%	5% – 8%	2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	40%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	20%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	18%	15% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	0%		2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	0%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	4%	0% – 8%	2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	0%		2023
Pakistan	9.5%	3% – 16%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	3%	0% – 12%	2017 · HS 2017
Panama	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	4%	2% – 6%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	0%		2023
Qatar	0%		2023
Russia	1.7%	0% – 5%	2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	25%		2023
Samoa	20%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	0%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	25%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	1.3%	0% – 2%	2023
Sri Lanka	15%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	25%		2023
St Lucia	20%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	7%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	20%		2023
Sudan	25%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	20%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	20%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	0%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Tonga	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	10%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	2.5%		2023
Tuvalu	15%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	25%		2023
Ukraine	0%	0% – 0.1%	2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	0%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Uruguay	10%	0% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	15%		2023
Venezuela	11%	2% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	10%	0% – 15%	2023
Wallis & Futuna	10%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	0%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.4%		2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4

76421 Microphones & stands therefor

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Capital goods · BEC 612020

CPC 2.1 product

47330 Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers; headphones, earphones and combined microphone/speaker sets; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2640 Manufacture of consumer electronics

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 5

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

2. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

Rule changes →

Products classified here

• hydrophones
• microphones
• reslo microphone
• carbon microphones
• piezo-electric microphones
• Moving coil / ribbon microphones

Questions and answers

Typical products

• Moving coil / ribbon microphones
• carbon microphones
• hydrophones
• microphones
• piezo-electric microphones
• reslo microphone

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.