# HS code 8517.13: Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, smartphones

> HS code 8517.13 covers telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, smartphones. It sits in heading 85.17 (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 84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or 85.28) in 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). Other goods of heading 85.17 are classified under 8517.11 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, line telephone sets with cordless handsets), 8517.14 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks), 8517.18 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, other), 8517.61 (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), base stations) or 4 others.

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851713
Last updated: 13 October 2026

[HS codes](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 85](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/85) / [85.17](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8517) / [8517.13](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851713)

## Key facts

- HS code: 8517.13
- Covers: Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, smartphones
- Heading: [85.17: 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 84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or 85.28](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8517)
- 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](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/85)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty rates: [Set by each country’s tariff](https://staging.border.bot/countries)

## What this code covers

HS code 8517.13 covers telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, smartphones.

The legal text of the subheading is “Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: Smartphones”, read under “Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 85.17 are classified under 8517.11 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, line telephone sets with cordless handsets), 8517.14 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks), 8517.18 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, other), 8517.61 (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), base stations) or 4 others.

- [8517.11](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851711) Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: Line telephone sets with cordless handsets
- [8517.14](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851714) Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks
- [8517.18](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851718) Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: Other
- [8517.61](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851761) 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): Base stations
- [8517.62](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851762) 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
- [8517.69](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851769) 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
- [8517.71](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851771) Parts: Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith
- [8517.79](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851779) Parts: Other

## How it is structured

8517.13 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 85, are the chapter; the first four, 8517, are heading 85.17; the last two, 13, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- 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 85.17: 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 84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or 85.28
- Within the heading: Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks
- Subheading 8517.13: Smartphones

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under 8517.13 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8517.13 at six digits and add their own digits after it.

- Previous subheading: [8517.11](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851711) Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: Line telephone sets with cordless handsets
- Next subheading: [8517.14](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851714) Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: Other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8517.13 cover?

HS code 8517.13 covers telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, smartphones.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8517.13 in?

HS code 8517.13 is in heading 85.17 (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 84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or 85.28) in 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).

### Where are goods of heading 85.17 classified when 8517.13 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 85.17 are classified under 8517.11 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, line telephone sets with cordless handsets), 8517.14 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks), 8517.18 (telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks, other), 8517.61 (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), base stations) or 4 others.

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Machine-readable: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851713.json

## Common products under 8517.13

- [Smartphones](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/for/smartphones): HS 8517.13