VTech CS5119-2 Digital Cordless Answering System from Germany
Cordless phone base station with integrated digital answering machine using flash memory for message storage, supporting 22 minutes of recording. Meets HTS 8519.81.41.05 criteria as a telephone answering machine with semiconductor-based recording. Includes caller ID and voicemail retrieval features.
Duty Rate — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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