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title: "8523.49.00.18 – Recorded discs, for… › Other software: Canada tariff & duty rate"
description: "HS 8523.49.00.18 Recorded discs, for laser reading systems, for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image › Other software: MFN free. Every CBSA…"
canonical: "https://www.adhocs.ca/hs-codes/8523.49.00.18"
last_updated: 2026-09-24
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# 8523.49.00.18 Recorded discs, for laser reading systems, for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image › Other software

## Where it sits in the tariff

- [85](https://www.adhocs.ca/hs-codes/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
- [8523](https://www.adhocs.ca/hs-codes/8523) Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of Chapter 37
- [8523.49](https://www.adhocs.ca/hs-codes/8523.49) Optical media
- 8523.49.00 Other
- Recorded discs, for laser reading systems, for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image

## Rate, agencies and charges

- **MFN:** free
- **Regulated by:** HC

## Duty rates by tariff treatment

| Tariff treatment | Rate |
| --- | --- |
| Most Favoured Nation (MFN) | Free |
| United States Tariff (CUSMA/USMCA) (UST) | Free |
| General Tariff (GT) | 35% |
| Commonwealth Caribbean Countries Tariff (CCCT) | Free |
| Least Developed Country Tariff (LDCT) | Free |
| General Preferential Tariff (GPT) | Free |
| Mexico Tariff (CUSMA/USMCA) (MXT) | Free |
| Canada-Israel Agreement Tariff (CIAT) | Free |
| Chile Tariff (Canada-Chile FTA) (CT) | Free |
| Costa Rica Tariff (Canada-Costa Rica FTA) (CRT) | Free |
| Iceland Tariff (IT) | Free |
| Norway Tariff (NT) | Free |
| Switzerland-Liechtenstein Tariff (SLT) | Free |
| Peru Tariff (Canada-Peru FTA) (PT) | Free |
| Colombia Tariff (Canada-Colombia FTA) (COLT) | Free |
| Jordan Tariff (Canada-Jordan FTA) (JT) | Free |
| Panama Tariff (Canada-Panama FTA) (PAT) | Free |
| Honduras Tariff (Canada-Honduras FTA) (HNT) | Free |
| Korea Tariff (Canada-Korea FTA) (KRT) | Free |
| Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Tariff (CEUT) | Free |
| Ukraine Tariff (Canada-Ukraine FTA) (UAT) | Free |
| Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Tariff (CPTPT) | Free |
| United Kingdom Tariff (UKT) | Free |
| Comprehensive and Progressive United Kingdom Tariff (CPUKT) | Free |

Per unit. Rates as of 2026-09-24. [Source: CBSA Customs Tariff](https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/menu-eng.html).

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