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HS 8518
Microphones, loudspeakers, and audio amplifiers
Explore detailed trade insights for HS 8518 with up-to-date U.S. shipping trends, tariff changes, and top importer/exporter activity. This page provides a snapshot of real shipment data to help you track market movement, identify key players, and uncover new opportunities. Powered by ImportGenius, your source for real-time global trade intelligence.
Total Shipments
22748
Growth Rate
51
Top Origin Country
China
About this HS Code
HS Code 8518 encompasses microphones, loudspeakers, headphones, earphones, audio amplifiers, and sound amplifier sets. The classification includes detailed subcategories for microphones (8518.10), loudspeakers (8518.21-8518.29), headphones/earphones (8518.30), audio amplifiers (8518.40), sound amplifier sets (8518.50), and parts (8518.90). This electroacoustic equipment category includes devices for converting sound to electrical signals, electrical signals to sound, and processing audio signals. Products range from basic computer speakers to sophisticated professional audio systems and specialized sound reinforcement equipment. Technical specifications focus on frequency response, distortion levels, sensitivity, power handling, and application-specific performance metrics such as directional characteristics for microphones or sound pressure levels for loudspeakers. Applications span consumer entertainment, professional audio production, public address, telecommunications, and specialized industrial sound monitoring. This division represents equipment enabling the capture, reproduction, and amplification of audio signals, providing fundamental capabilities for music reproduction, voice communication, public information systems, and other applications requiring the conversion between acoustic and electrical domains.
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