8541.51: Semiconductor devices: other semiconductor devices, semiconductor-based transducers

1. 8541 51 00 00 Semiconductor-based transducers 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£15.3m-8.7% · previous 12 months

Average import price£373.45 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Hong Kong SAR China	£5.7m	36.9%	-22.3%
United States	£4.5m	29.5%	+46.8%
France	£2.3m	14.7%	-38.6%
China	£1.4m	9%	+212.7%
Germany	£409k	2.7%	-43.9%
Poland	£139k	0.9%	+35.5%
Philippines	£134k	0.9%	+45.8%
United Kingdom	£128k	0.8%	-11.6%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Peru Free – 6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3% New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Japan	US$189m	24.4%
2	China	US$115m	14.9%
3	Germany	US$106m	13.8%
4	United States	US$49m	6.3%
5	Singapore	US$45m	5.8%
6	South Korea	US$43m	5.6%
7	Taiwan	US$35m	4.5%
8	Malaysia	US$33m	4.3%
9	Philippines	US$24m	3%
10	Hong Kong SAR China	US$13m	1.7%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$179m	23.2%
2	Malaysia	US$164m	21.2%
3	Hong Kong SAR China	US$76m	9.8%
4	Philippines	US$36m	4.7%
5	South Korea	US$33m	4.3%
6	United States	US$24m	3.1%
7	Vietnam	US$22m	2.8%
8	Germany	US$22m	2.8%
9	United Kingdom	US$19m	2.5%
10	Japan	US$19m	2.5%

Import duty on this product around the world 93

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.

• 0%median duty
• 55number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, India

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	5%		2023
Armenia	0%		2023
Australia	0%		2023
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	0%		2023
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	10%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	0%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	0%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Burkina Faso	10%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
China	4.2%	0% – 11%	2023
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Dominican Republic	9%	0% – 20%	2023
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	6%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	10%		2023
Ghana	10%		2023
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	10%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	10%		2023
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	20%		2023
Indonesia	0%		2023
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kuwait	0%		2023
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	10%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%		2023
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	10%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	0%		2023
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Namibia	0%		2023
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	10%		2023
Nigeria	10%		2023
North Macedonia	0%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	0%		2023
Pakistan	0%		2023
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Philippines	0%		2023
Qatar	0%		2023
Rwanda	0%		2023
Saudi Arabia	0%		2023
Senegal	10%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	10%		2023
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	4%	0% – 8%	2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Switzerland	0%		2023
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	0%		2023
Togo	10%		2023
Türkiye	0%		2023
Uganda	0%		2023
United Arab Emirates	0%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Vanuatu	0%		2023
Vietnam	0%		2023
Zambia	10%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; 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

77639 Other semiconductor devices

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 611220

CPC 2.1 product

44812 Dishwashing machines and clothes or linen washing or drying machines, household type, electric or non-electric

43935 Dishwashing machines, except household type

43921 Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for aerating beverages; other packing or wrapping machinery

43944 Parts n.e.c. of dish washing machines; parts of machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; parts of machinery for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers and of machinery for aerating beverages; parts of other packing or wrapping machinery

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2750 Manufacture of domestic appliances

2819 Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery

2816 Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment

2824 Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

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

3. Sanctions 30 January 2026 · Applies from: 12 January 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/271 of 29 January 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1529 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region

   CELEX 32026R0271 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 8541.50.

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