EMV Chip Contact Smart Card from Germany
A plastic card embedded with a microprocessor chip and gold contacts for secure financial transactions like debit and credit cards. It falls under HTS 8523.52.00.90 as a 'smart card' per Chapter 85 note (b), containing an embedded electronic integrated circuit (microprocessor) but no other active/passive elements. Used for EMV-compliant payment processing.
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
Import Tips
• Verify the card has an embedded IC chip (microprocessor/RAM/ROM) per Chapter 85 note (b); plain magnetic stripe cards go to 8523.51
• Provide technical specs confirming no additional active/passive circuits beyond the IC chip to qualify as 'smart card'