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HS code for Wireless Bluetooth earbuds with charging case
HS 2022Destination FRConfidence 0.90Reviewed by a second modelMicrophones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets > Headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers
Section XVI: Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles · Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles · Heading 8518: Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets
Why this code
Wireless Bluetooth earbuds are earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and are named expressly in heading 8518 and subheading 8518.30 (GRI 1). WCO practice classifies Bluetooth headsets and earbuds in 8518.30 rather than as wireless communication apparatus of 8517.62. The 8518 text covers earphones combined with a microphone, which is more specific than 8517 (GRI 3(a)). The charging case is specially shaped for the earbuds, contains a battery and is presented with them. It is classified with the earbuds as their normal accompanying equipment (GRI 5(a) and GRI 3(b) logic), not separately in 8507. GRI 6 then gives 851830.
Rules applied: GRI 1, GRI 3(a), GRI 3(b), GRI 5(a), GRI 6.
Alternatives considered
| Code | Description | Why not |
|---|---|---|
| 8517.62 | Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443 , 8525 , 8527 or 8528 > Other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network) > Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | The Bluetooth link is only the means of receiving audio. Earphones combined with a microphone are specifically named in 8518.30. |
| 8507.60 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) > Lithium-ion | The charging case's battery is subsidiary to the earbuds and travels with them. It is not presented separately as an accumulator. |
| 8518.90 | Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets > Parts | This covers parts only. The product is complete earphones. |
Information that would confirm the code
- Does the product include any additional function, such as a display, translation or health monitoring, beyond audio and calls?
EU Combined Nomenclature / TARIC line for FR
Other
Confidence 0.90. Wireless Bluetooth earbuds with a charging case are headphones/earphones under HS 8518.30, and nothing in the product data indicates civil aircraft use, so the residual national line 8518300090 'Other' applies, with slightly reduced confidence because the product data is brief and the charging case is not separately addressed.
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