Chapter · Chapter 85 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances
HS 85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
- Customs duty
- 0% to 40%
- 635 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 39 items, Prohibited: 1 item
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Prohibited: 1 item
- Unit
- Varies
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
48 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8501 | Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) | 10% to 15% | 18% | units |
| 8502 | Electric generating sets and rotary converters | 7.5% to 10% | 18% | units |
| 8503 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502 | 7.5% | 18% | units |
| 8504 | Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors | 7.5% to 20% | 5% or 18% | kg or units |
| 8505 | Electro-magnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation; electro-magnetic or permanent magnet chucks, clamps and similar holding devices; electro-magnetic couplings, clutches and brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8506 | Primary cells and primary batteries | 10% to 15% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8507 | Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square) | 10% to 20% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8508 | Vacuum cleaners | 10% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8509 | Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, with self contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 8508. | 10% to 20% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8510 | Shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor | 10% to 20% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8511 | Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines | 15% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8512 | Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles | 15% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8513 | Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for example, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), other than lighting equipment of heading 8512 | 7.5% to 10% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8514 | Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those functioning by induction or dielectric loss); other industrial or laboratory equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss | 7.5% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8515 | Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photo beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets | 7.5% to 10% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8516 | Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric smoothing irons; other electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545 | 10% to 20% | 5% or 18% | kg or units |
| 8517 | Telephone sets, smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: other apparatus for the transmission or reception of vice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528 | 0% to 20% | 18% | units |
| 8518 | Microphones and stands therefor: loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures: headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting of a microphone and one or more luudspeakers: audio-frequency electric amplifiers: electric sound amplifier sets | 10% to 20% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8519 | Sound recording or reproducing apparatus | 10% | 18% | units |
| 8521 | Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner | 10% to 20% | 18% | units |
| 8522 | Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8519 or 8521 | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 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 | 0% to 10% | 18% | units |
| 8524 | Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens | 15% | 18% | units |
| 8525 | Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporation reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | 0% to 20% | 18% | units |
| 8526 | Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus | 7.5% | 18% | units |
| 8527 | Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock | 10% | 18% | units |
| 8528 | Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus, reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcastreceivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus | 10% to 20% | 18% | units |
| 8529 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8524 to 8528 | 7.5% to 15% | 18% | units |
| 8530 | Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of heading 8608) | 7.5% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8531 | Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530 | 0% to 10% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8532 | Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) | Free | 18% | units |
| 8533 | Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors | Free | 18% | units |
| 8534 | Printed circuits | Free | 18% | units |
| 8535 | Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts | 7.5% to 10% | 18% | units |
| 8536 | Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts: connectors for optical fibres, optical fiber bundles or cables. | 7.5% to 15% | 18% | units |
| 8537 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517 | 15% | 18% | kg |
| 8538 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8535, 8536 or 8537 | 7.5% to 15% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8539 | Electric filament or discharge lamps including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources | 10% to 20% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8540 | Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes) | 0% to 10% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8541 | Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED), whether or not assembled with other light-emitting diodes (LED); mounted piezo-electric crystals | 0% to 40% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8542 | Electronic integrated circuits | 0% to 7.5% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8543 | Electrical machines and apparatus having individual functions, not specified or including elsewhere in this chapter | 0% to 7.5% | 18% | kg or units |
| 8544 | Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors | 0% to 15% | 18% | metres |
| 8545 | Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8546 | Electrical insulators of any material | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8547 | Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal (for example, threaded sockets) incorporated during moulding solely for the purposes of assembly, other than insulators of heading 8546; electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating material | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8548 | Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter | 10% | 18% | units |
| 8549 | Electrical and electronic waste and scrap | 10% | 18% | kg or units |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 635 tariff items: 0% to 40%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force
- Countervailing duty on goods from Malaysia: 9.71–10.14% of CIF value, by origin and producer (until 1 Jun 2031). Textured Tempered Glass. 02/2026-CVD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China and Hong Kong SAR China: Nil to 75.72% of CIF value, by origin and producer (until 13 Mar 2029). Printed Circuit Boards (PCB). 03/2024-ADD
- Countervailing duty on goods from Vietnam: reference price USD 593–664/MT, by origin and producer (until 9 May 2030). Textured Toughened (Tempered) Coated or Uncoated Glass. 03/2025-CVD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: Nil to 35% of CIF value, by origin and producer (until 17 Mar 2030). Soft Ferrite Cores. 04/2025-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China and Vietnam: reference price USD 570–664/MT, by origin and producer (until 3 Dec 2029). Textured Tempered Coated and Uncoated Glass. 11/2025-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: Nil to 147.2% of CIF value, by origin and producer (until 21 Dec 2028). Industrial Laser Machines, used for cutting, marking, or welding. 15/2023-ADD
Charged on top of the duty above, only on goods from the countries named.
BIS certification
- Stampings/laminations/cores of transformers (with or without winding) (IS 3024:2015, IS 648:2006, IS 16585:2016): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
- Primary cells and primary batteries parts.: In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 596 tariff items
- Restricted: 39 tariff items
- Prohibited: 1 tariff item
Exporting from India
Export duty
It depends on the goods: the entries below name only some goods under this code, or rate them differently.
| Entry | Goods | Export duty |
|---|---|---|
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 50Named goods or on a condition | Electrodes of a kind used for furnaces | 20% |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 62ANamed goods or on a condition | Electrodes of a kind used for furnaces | Nil |
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 636 tariff items
- Prohibited: 1 tariff item
Nearby codes
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Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.