Customs Tariff of North Macedonia · tariff code · HS 8527.21
8527 21 70 00: With laser reading system
Car radios with audio player
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff of North Macedonia, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8527 Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock:
- 8527 21 Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus:
- 8527 21 30 00 Capable of receiving and decoding digital Radio Data System signals
- 8527 21 70 00 With laser reading system
What you pay
Importing into North Macedonia
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
8527.21 Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus
UK Free – 14% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 9.5% 
EU Free – 14% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 9.5% 
Türkiye 10% – 14% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 13% 
USA Free – 2% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 0.7% 
Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Mexico 15% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Brazil 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free – 5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia lines: 8527.21
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N358452 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a motor vehicle radio receiver from Thailand
- N303084 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of radiobroadcast receiver head units from China
- N301832 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of AM/FM reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting from China. Correction to Ruling Number N300892
- N300892 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of AM/FM reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting incorporating sound reproducing apparatus from China
5 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Subheading notes
1. Subheading 852581 covers only high-speed television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders having one or more of the following characteristics:
- writing speed exceeding 0,5 mm per microsecond;
- time resolution 50 nanoseconds or less;
- frame rate exceeding 225000 frames per second.
2. In respect of subheading 852582, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders are designed or shielded to enable operation in a high-radiation environment. These cameras are designed to withstand a total radiation dose of at least 50 × 103 Gy(silicon) (5 × 106 RAD (silicon)), without operational degradation.
3. Subheading 852583 covers night vision television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders which use a photocathode to convert available light to electrons, which can be amplified and converted to yield a visible image. This subheading excludes thermal imaging cameras (generally subheading 852589).
4. Subheading 852712 covers only cassette-players with built-in amplifier, without built-in loudspeaker, capable of operating without an external source of electric power and the dimensions of which do not exceed 170 mm × 100 mm × 45 mm.
5. For the purposes of subheadings 854911 to 854919, ‘spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators’ are those which are neither usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons, nor capable of being recharged.
Tariff code 8527 21 70 00 is a line of the Customs Tariff of North Macedonia under HS subheading 8527.21 (combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus).
The MFN duty is 15%, and quantities are declared in p/st.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 0%–14%, the EU duty is 0%–14%, the Türkiye duty is 10%–14%, the US duty is 0%–2%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 15%, the Brazil duty is 20%, the Argentina duty is 20%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 0%–5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
North Macedonia imported goods of subheading 8527.21 worth US$106k in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the North Macedonia import duty for tariff code 8527 21 70 00?
The MFN duty in the Customs Tariff of North Macedonia is 15%; the supplementary unit is p/st. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Typical products
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