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HS code for Mechanical keyboard, wired
HS 2022Destination USConfidence 0.92Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included > Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing
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 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof · Heading 8471: Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
Why this code
A wired mechanical keyboard is a computer input unit. Chapter 84 Note 6(C) states that keyboards meeting the unit conditions (connectable to the CPU, able to deliver data in usable form) are in all cases classified as units of heading 8471, so Note 6(D) exclusions do not apply. Subheading 847160 covers input or output units, which fits. Material, key count and packaging do not change the subheading, so the classification is stable.
Rules applied: GRI 1, Chapter 84 Note 6(C), GRI 6.
Alternatives considered
| Code | Description | Why not |
|---|---|---|
| 8471.80 | Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included > Other units of automatic data-processing machines | Residual 'other units' of 8471; keyboards are specifically named as input units, so 847160 applies. |
| 8473.30 | Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of headings 8470 to 8472 > Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8471 | Parts of 8471 apply to parts; a keyboard is a separately presented unit under Note 6(C), not a part. |
| 8471.90 | Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included > Other | Residual 'other' subheading; the specific input-unit subheading takes precedence. |
US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) line for US
Other > Keyboards
Confidence 0.93. A wired mechanical keyboard is a computer input unit for manual data and command entry, and the HTSUS line 8471.60.20 specifically covers keyboards, so it is preferred over the residual 'Other' lines; confidence is reduced slightly because material, state and form are unstated.
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