Code 8540 81 · Heading 8540

Receiver and amplifier tubes, excluding microwave, photocathode and cathode-ray tubes

This category covers electronic receiver tubes and amplifier tubes. It excludes microwave tubes, photocathode tubes and cathode-ray tubes.

For example

An electronic receiver tube, not a microwave, photocathode or cathode-ray tube
An electronic amplifier tube, not a microwave, photocathode or cathode-ray tube

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Official tariff text

Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes (excl. microwave tubes, photo-cathode tubes and cathode ray tubes)

How we got to this code

XVI
85
8540
8540 81

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Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereo… 2 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the product: an electrical motor, generator or converter; a transformer or electrical converter; a magnet; a primary cell or battery; an accumulator; a household appliance; a shaver or hair-removal appliance; equipment for an internal-combustion engine, vehicle or bicycle; a portable lamp; an industrial or laboratory heating appliance; soldering or welding equipment; another electrical heating appliance; a telephone or other data-communication device; sound equipment; video equipment or recording media; a display module; a radio, television, radar, navigation or remote-control device; electrical control, switching, lighting, semiconductor, circuit, cable or insulation equipment; another electrical machine or apparatus; or electrical and electronic waste or scrap?
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Step 3 · Heading 8540 Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves an… 39 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it a colour or monochrome television-receiver or video-monitor cathode-ray tube; a television-camera, image-converter, image-intensifier or other photocathode tube; a data/graphics tube; another cathode-ray tube; a magnetron; another microwave tube; a receiver or amplifier tube; another electron tube; or a part for one of these tubes?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8540 81 Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes (excl. micro… 8 of 11 subheadings under heading 8540
Is the item a receiver or amplifier tube, rather than a microwave tube, photocathode tube or cathode-ray tube?

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Import duty on the codes below: 2.7%

Only one code below

8540 81 00

Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes (excl. microwave tubes, photo-cathode tubes and cathode ray tubes)

2.7%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 2.6% to 14.0%.

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

85.40.8100 Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines2 British lines

8540 81 00 10 For use in certain types of aircraft

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8540.81.00.00 Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode tubes

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

85.40.8100

Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

8540.81.00.00

Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode tubes (for example, vacuum or vapor or gas filled tubes, mercury arc rectifying tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes); parts thereof, Other tubes, Receiver or amplifier tubes

General rate

4.2%

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.