HS Code for External SSD / Portable Solid-State Drive: 8471.70.00

Classification Notes

External solid-state drives (Samsung T7 / T7 Shield / T9, SanDisk Extreme / Extreme Pro Portable, Crucial X8 / X9 / X10 Pro, Western Digital My Passport SSD / WD Black P40 / SN850P, LaCie Rugged SSD, Glyph Atom, OWC Envoy Pro) when sold as computer peripherals with enclosure and USB / Thunderbolt interface are classified under 8471.70 as storage units. External hard drives with spinning platters (HDDs) — Western Digital Elements, Seagate Expansion / Backup Plus, Toshiba Canvio, LaCie d2 — are also 8471.70. Internal M.2 NVMe SSDs (Samsung 990 Pro, WD Black SN850X, Crucial T705, Sabrent Rocket) and 2.5-inch SATA SSDs (Samsung 870 EVO, Crucial MX500) sold as internal components for assembly are 8471.70. RAID enclosures with multiple drives (OWC ThunderBay, LaCie 2big / 6big) are 8471.70. Network-attached storage (NAS) units (Synology DS223j / DS923+, QNAP TS-233 / TS-464) are 8471.50 (processing units, other than those of 8471.41 or 8471.49) or 8471.70 depending on assessor — most NAS units are 8471.50 because they contain a processor and OS. Thunderbolt enclosures for user-assembled drives are 8471.70. External gaming storage with exclusive console formatting (Xbox Storage Expansion Card, PS5 SSDs for expansion) are borderline 8471.70 vs 9504.50 (parts of gaming consoles) — most rulings keep them in 8471.70. The distinction from 8523.51 (USB flash drives, SD cards as removable media): storage UNITS designed as computer peripherals (8471.70) vs storage MEDIA (8523.51). Enclosed portable SSDs with USB-C are typically 8471.70. 0% duty across all major markets makes external drives duty-free; Section 301 may apply for Chinese-origin assembly.