Subheading · Chapter 85 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances

HS 8543 10Particle accelerators

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 › Electrical machines and apparatus having individual functions, not specified or including elsewhere in this chapter

Customs duty
0% to 7.5%
4 tariff items
GST now
18%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
5%
On Indian goods
Search codesDuty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

4 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
8543 10 10Ion implanters for doping semi conductor materialFree18%units
8543 10 20Vane graff, cock-croft, Walton accelerators7.5%18%units
8543 10 30Synchrocyclotrons, synchrotrons7.5%18%units
8543 10 90Other including cyclotrons7.5%18%units

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 4 tariff items: 0% to 7.5%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 20 Oct 2026. 1 earlier measure has ended.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items

  • Free: 3 tariff items

GST

IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.

  • Now 18%.
  • Until 21 September 2025 18%.
  • Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 515Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter18%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 202518%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 202518%9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)

Exporting from India

Export duty

Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.

Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
8543Electrical machines and apparatus having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter1.7%—

Drawback items follow the 4-digit heading, not the 8-digit code: claim the one that describes your goods. Rates of notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) as amended, in force on 20 Oct 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

  • Free: 3 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 8543 10, and China's below.

China: the same goods (8543 10)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 3 in force under 8543 10. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.

China's tariff for these goods
China codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
8543.10.00.10Pulse electron accelerators脉冲电子加速器5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)5%13%13%3
8543.10.00.20Neutron generator systems, including neutron tubes中子发生器系统,包括中子管5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)5%13%13%3
8543.10.00.90Other particle accelerators其他粒子加速器5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)5%13%13%None
  • India is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). With an APTA certificate of origin, Indian goods pay China's APTA rate where the line has one; China applies the lower of that and its provisional rate.
  • The export VAT rebate is what China refunds its own exporters. When China cuts it, Chinese export prices tend to rise.

Every Chinese code in full

8543.10.00Particle accelerators

8543.10.00.10Pulse electron accelerators脉冲电子加速器

Peak energy of 500 keV or more峰值能量为500千电子伏或更高

Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
5%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
11%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.Function功能
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
2.5%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
2.7%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 8543100010999Pulsed electron accelerators (peak energy of 500 keV or more)脉冲电子加速器(峰值能量为500千电子伏或更高)
8543.10.00.20Neutron generator systems, including neutron tubes中子发生器系统,包括中子管

Inducing tritium-deuterium nuclear reactions by means of electrostatic acceleration in a vacuum真空下,利用静电加速来诱发氚-氘核反应

Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
5%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
11%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.Function功能
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
2.5%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
2.7%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 8543100020999Neutron generator systems, including neutron tubes (utilizing electrostatic acceleration to induce a tritium-deuterium nuclear reaction under vacuum)中子发生器系统,包括中子管(真空下,利用静电加速来诱发氚-氘核反应)
8543.10.00.90Other particle accelerators其他粒子加速器
Unit
unit / kg
MFN import duty
5%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
11%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.Function功能
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
2.5%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
2.7%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 8543100090999Other particle accelerators其他粒子加速器

China's tariff as compiled by HS编码网 from China Customs, the State Council Tariff Commission and the State Taxation Administration. The Chinese is the original.

Nearby codes

Previous8541 30Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devicesOne level up8543Electrical machines and apparatus having individual functions, not specified or including elsewhere in this chapterNext8543 20Signal generators

Sources

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