HSN 85 — Electrical Machinery And Equipment And Parts Thereof

Description: 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

Indian GST rate: 18.0%

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Sub-codes

  • 8501 — ELECTRIC MOTORS AND GENERATORS (EXCLUDING GENERATING SETS)
  • 8502 — ELECTRIC GENERATING SETS AND ROTARY CONVERTERS
  • 8503 — PARTS SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCIPALLY WITH THE MACHINES OF HEAD
  • 8504 — ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS, STATIC CONVERTERS (FOR EXAMPLE, RECTIFIERS) A
  • 8505 — ELECTRO-MAGNETIC, PERMANENT MAGNETS AND ARTICLES INTENDED TO BECOME PE
  • 8506 — PRIMARY CELLS AND PRIMARY BATTERIES
  • 8507 — ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS, INCLUDING SEPARATORS THEREFOR, WHETHER OR NOT R
  • 8508 — VACCUM CLEANERS
  • 8509 — ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DOMESTIC APPLIANCES, WITH SELF CONTAINED ELECTRIC M
  • 8510 — SHAVERS, HAIR CLIPPERS AND HAIR-REMOVING APPLIANCES, WITH SELF-CONTAIN
  • 8511 — ELECTRICAL IGNITION OR STARTING EQUIPMENT OF A KIND USED FOR SPARK-IGN
  • 8512 — ELECTRICAL LIGHTING OR SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT (EXCLUDING ARTICLES OF HEA
  • 8513 — PORTABLE ELECTRIC LAMPS DESIGNED TO FUNCTION BY THEIR OWN SOURCE OF EN
  • 8514 — INDUSTRIAL OR LABORATORY ELECTRIC FURNACES AND OVENS (INCLUDING THOSE
  • 8515 — ELECTRIC (INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY HEATED GAS), LASER OR OTHER LIGHT OR
  • 8516 — ELECTRIC INSTANTANEOUS OR STORAGE WATER HEATERS AND IMMERSION HEATERS,
  • 8517 — TELEPHONE SETS, INCLUDING SMARTPHONES AND OTHER TELEPHONES FOR CELLULA
  • 8518 — MICROPHONES AND STANDS THEREFOR: LOUDSPEAKERS, WHETHER OR NOT MOUNTED
  • 8519 — SOUND RECORDING OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS
  • 8520 — OMITTED
  • 8521 — VIDEO RECORDING OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS, WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING
  • 8522 — PARTS AND ACCESSORIES SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCIPALLY WITH THE
  • 8523 — DISCS, TAPES, SOLID-STATE NON-VOLATILE STORAGE DEVICES, SMART CARDS AN
  • 8524 — FLAT PANEL DISPLAY MODULES, WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING TOUCH-SENSITI
  • 8525 — TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR RADIO-BROADCASTING OR TELEVISION, WHETHER O
  • 8526 — RADAR APPARATUS, RADIO NAVIGATIONAL AID APPARATUS AND RADIO REMOTE CON
  • 8527 — RECEPTION APPARATUS FOR RADIO-BROADCASTING WHETHER OR NOT COMBINED, IN
  • 8528 — MONITORS AND PROJECTORS, NOT INCORPORATING TELEVISION RECEPTION APPARA
  • 8529 — PARTS SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCIPALLY WITH THE APPARATUS OF HEA
  • 8530 — ELECTRICAL SIGNALLING, SAFETY OR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAY
  • 8531 — ELECTRIC SOUND OR VISUAL SIGNALLING APPARATUS (FOR EXAMPLE, BELLS, SIR
  • 8532 — ELECTRICAL CAPACITORS, FIXED, VARIABLE OR ADJUSTABLE (PRE-SET)
  • 8533 — ELECTRICAL RESISTORS (INCLUDING RHEOSTATS AND POTENTIOMETERS), OTHER T
  • 8534 — PRINTED CIRCUITS
  • 8535 — ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING OR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS,
  • 8536 — ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING OR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS,
  • 8537 — BOARDS, PANELS, CONSOLES, DESKS, CABINETS AND OTHER BASES, EQUIPPED WI
  • 8538 — BOARDS, PANELS, CONSOLES, DESKS, CABINETS AND OTHER BASES, EQUIPPED WI
  • 8539 — PARTS SUITABLE FOR USE SOLELY OR PRINCIPALLY WITH THE APPARATUS OF HEA
  • 8540 — THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE OR PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES (FOR EXAMPL
  • 8541 — SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES (FOR EXAMPLE, DIODES, TRANSISTORS, SEMICONDUCTOR
  • 8542 — ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
  • 8543 — ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND APPARATUS HAVING INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONS, NOT SPE
  • 8544 — INSULATED (INCLUDING ENAMELLED OR ANODISED) WIRE, CABLE (INCLUDING CO-
  • 8545 — CARBON ELECTRODES, CARBON BRUSHES, LAMP CARBONS, BATTERY CARBONS AND O
  • 8546 — ELECTRICAL INSULATORS OF ANY MATERIAL
  • 8547 — INSULATING FITTINGS FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES, APPLIANCES OR EQUIPMENT,
  • 8548 — ELECTRICAL PARTS OF MACHINERY OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 8549 — ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC WASTE AND SCRAP
India import policy (DGFT ITC-HS)

Status: not in our table

DGFT's ITC-HS is the authority for 'Freely importable / Restricted / Prohibited / Canalised / STE'. Missing from our table is not the same as 'Free' — check DGFT before a filing.

Source: DGFT ITC-HS schedule (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.762611

Export incentive (RoDTEP / RoSCTL)

No recorded benefit for this HS code in our table. Many codes carry none at all — verify against DGFT's notification before quoting a benefit, because rates change annually.

Source: DGFT RoDTEP/RoSCTL notifications (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.764860

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - decision support only

no CBAM-relevant chapter by heading — still verify code-level CN scope

EU CBAM transitional reporting applied from 1 Oct 2023; the definitive carbon levy phase begins 1 Jan 2026 (subject to ongoing legislative changes).

Source: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM), Annex I (sector list) . reviewed 2026-10-16; CBAM is applied at CN-code level - verify the exact code.

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