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Prepared Unrecorded Media (Other Than Motion-Picture Film) for Sound Recording or Similar Recording of Other Phenomena

Name: Heading 8523: Prepared Unrecorded Media (Other Than Motion-Picture Film) for Sound Recording or Similar Recording of Other Phenomena
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://www.census.gov/about/policies/open-gov/open-data.html

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U.S. imports · July 2026: $7.2B

U.S. exports · July 2026: $1.7B

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Prepared Unrecorded Media (Other Than Motion-Picture Film) for Sound Recording or Similar Recording of Other Phenomena

HS 8523Heading4-digit

U.S. imports · July 2026: $7.2B

U.S. exports · July 2026: $1.7B

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12-month trend

ImportsExports

Imports

$7.2BYoY · Pro

Exports

$1.7BYoY · Pro

12-mo low · imports

YoY · Pro

$7.2B$0

January 2025February 2026July 2026

Through July 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Where it comes from, where it lands, what it pays

Imports · July 2026

Countries

origin

Korea, South and Taiwan together supply 42% of it.

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Districts

customs district

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States

destination

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Ports

entry

Los Angeles International Airport, CA$2.3B
Anchorage, AK$1.6B
Cleveland, OH$1.2B
San Francisco International Airport, CAvalue hidden
New Orleans, LAvalue hidden

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Tariff programs

rate provision · imports

77.2% enters free of duty.

Free under HTS chapter 9971.1%$5.1B
Bonded warehouse or Foreign Trade Zone (duty deferred)20.6%$1.5B
Free under HTS chapters 1-97, or chapter 98 special provisions6.1%$437.6M
Dutiable - HTS chapter 99 rate (duty reported)value hidden
Dutiable - HTS chapter 99 rate (duty not calculated)value hidden

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Heading 2 of 48 in chapter 85

Share of chapter 85 imports13%

Heading 8523 · $7.2B of $56.9B

Subheadings

8 · ranked by total trade

12-month trend

ImportsExports

Imports

$7.2BYoY · Pro

Exports

$1.7BYoY · Pro

12-mo low · imports

YoY · Pro

$7.2B$0

January 2025February 2026July 2026

Through July 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Where it comes from, where it lands, what it pays

Imports · July 2026

Countries

origin

Korea, South and Taiwan together supply 42% of it.

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Districts

customs district

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States

destination

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Ports

entry

Los Angeles International Airport, CA$2.3B
Anchorage, AK$1.6B
Cleveland, OH$1.2B
San Francisco International Airport, CAvalue hidden
New Orleans, LAvalue hidden

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Tariff programs

rate provision · imports

77.2% enters free of duty.

Free under HTS chapter 9971.1%$5.1B
Bonded warehouse or Foreign Trade Zone (duty deferred)20.6%$1.5B
Free under HTS chapters 1-97, or chapter 98 special provisions6.1%$437.6M
Dutiable - HTS chapter 99 rate (duty reported)value hidden
Dutiable - HTS chapter 99 rate (duty not calculated)value hidden

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