HS Code Detail
852852 Chapter 85 · Electronics Monitors for connection to a computer, no tuner
Six-digit subheading in Electronics, chapter 85 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 852852
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 852852: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what a rate can differ on, though on this subheading all 6 destinations below charge the same, 0%.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 6 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 0% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 0% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 0% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 0% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 0% | 0% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 852852 into United States
An illustrative consignment of 852852 invoiced at USD 2,000.00, priced in USD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | USD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | USD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | USD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | USD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | USD 0.00 |
| United States charges no consumption tax at the border | USD 0.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | USD 2,150.00 |
And if the consignment were small
United States relieves nothing: the duty free allowance was suspended, so the duty above is charged whatever the consignment is worth. A smaller shipment pays less because the value is lower, not because a threshold spared it.
Selling rather than buying? USD 2,150.00 is what your buyer in United States pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to United States sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 852852 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 852852 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=8528.52 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=85&to=86&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned 0%. The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 8528.52.00.00 Free
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 852852 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/8528521000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8528521000 0.00 %; 8528529100 0.00 %; 8528529900 0.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 852852 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch85-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 0%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 8528.52.00 Free
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 852852 AU, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-xvi/chapter-85 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04997/latest/text. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8528.52.00 Free
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 852852 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/8528521000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=852852&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8528521000 0.00 %; 8528529100 0.00 %; 8528529900 0.00 %
Re-check first: The United States line requires the monitor to be capable of connecting directly to, and designed for use with, a data processing machine of heading 8471. A monitor incorporating a television tuner is 852872 and is not covered by this figure.
What falls under 852852
- Monitors capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine, not incorporating television reception apparatus
- Computer monitors and professional reference displays without a broadcast tuner
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
852872: Television sets
The presence of television reception apparatus is what decides heading 8528, and it decides it regardless of screen size or how the product is marketed. A large display with a built in tuner is a television even when it is sold as a monitor, and a small one without a tuner is a monitor even when it is sold as a TV.
847160: Computer input and output units
Displays were removed from heading 8471 in an earlier revision. A monitor is no longer an output unit of an ADP machine for tariff purposes, and product data inherited from before that change is a standing source of misdeclaration.
Classification & cost note
Heading 8528 asks one question first, which is whether the apparatus can receive a broadcast television signal, and everything else follows from the answer. That single fact separates monitors from televisions and it is objective, which is helpful, because the commercial language around large displays is not: manufacturers describe the same panel as a monitor or a smart display depending on the market. A smart monitor that streams over an internet connection but has no tuner remains a monitor, since streaming is not broadcast reception, and this distinction has become the most argued point in the heading. Displays are also covered by the Information Technology Agreement in participating markets when they qualify as computer monitors, so the classification can change the duty as well as the statistics, and screen size thresholds have historically featured in trade remedy measures on this product class.
Typical products: Desktop computer monitors without tuners · Ultrawide and curved gaming monitors · Colour grading and reference displays · Portable USB powered travel monitors
What the notes to section XVI say
Chapter 85 sits in 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, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the 6 reaching chapter 85 are quoted whole on the chapter 85 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/16 on 2026-09-08, and this is the one that names heading 8528 by number.
Note 2 to section XVI
However, parts which are equally suitable for use principally with the goods of heading 8517 and 8525 to 8528 are to be classified in heading 8517, and parts which are suitable for use solely or principally with the goods of heading 8524 are to be classified in heading 8529;
What the nomenclature says about heading 8528
852852 is a subheading of 8528, monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus , and this site holds 2 other codes under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
No numbered note to chapter 85 takes heading 8528 as its subject, which is what the published notes say rather than a gap on this page: the heading is defined by its own wording above and by the note to the chapter, quoted in full on the chapter 85 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 85 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/85, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/8528, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 85 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 852852
Does a smart monitor with streaming apps count as a television?
No, provided it cannot receive a broadcast signal. Heading 8528 turns on television reception apparatus, and streaming over an internet connection is not broadcast reception, so a tuner free smart display remains a monitor.
Does screen size decide whether something is a monitor or a TV?
No. The presence or absence of a tuner decides it. A large tuner free panel is a monitor and a small one with a tuner is a television, whatever the marketing says.
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