HS chapter 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
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Key facts
- Chapter
- 85
- 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
- Headings
- 48
- Subheadings
- 296
- Edition
- HS2022
Summary
HS chapter 85 covers 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. It has 48 headings, 85.01 to 85.49, and 296 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. National tariff lines under chapter 85 are live on border.bot for the United States (982 lines, also used by 1 other country).
What this chapter covers
HS chapter 85 covers 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.
It has 48 headings, 85.01 to 85.49, and 296 six-digit subheadings in HS2022.
Subheadings 201 to 296 of 296, page 3 of 3.
85.36 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 fibre bundles or cables
- 8536.10Fuses
- 8536.20Automatic circuit breakers
- 8536.30Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits
- 8536.41Relays: For a voltage not exceeding 60 V
- 8536.49Relays: Other
- 8536.50Other switches
- 8536.61Lamp holders, plugs and sockets: Lamp-holders
- 8536.69Lamp holders, plugs and sockets: Other
- 8536.70Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
- 8536.90Other apparatus
85.39 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
- 8539.10Sealed beam lamp units
- 8539.21Other filament lamps, excluding ultraviolet or infra-red lamps: Tungsten halogen
- 8539.22Other filament lamps, excluding ultraviolet or infra-red lamps: Other, of a power not exceeding 200 W and for a voltage exceeding 100 V
- 8539.29Other filament lamps, excluding ultraviolet or infra-red lamps: Other
- 8539.31Discharge lamps, other than ultraviolet lamps: Fluorescent, hot cathode
- 8539.32Discharge lamps, other than ultraviolet lamps: Mercury or sodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps
- 8539.39Discharge lamps, other than ultraviolet lamps: Other
- 8539.41Ultraviolet or infra-red lamps; arc lamps: Arc-lamps
- 8539.49Ultraviolet or infra-red lamps; arc lamps: Other
- 8539.51Light-emitting diode (LED) light sources: Light-emitting diode (LED) modules
- 8539.52Light-emitting diode (LED) light sources: Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
- 8539.90Parts
85.40 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)
- 8540.11Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes: Colour
- 8540.12Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes: Monochrome
- 8540.20Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photo-cathode tubes
- 8540.40Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm
- 8540.60Other cathode-ray tubes
- 8540.71Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, carcinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes: Magnetrons
- 8540.79Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, carcinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes: Other
- 8540.81Other valves and tubes: Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes
- 8540.89Other valves and tubes: Other
- 8540.91Parts: Of cathode-ray tubes
- 8540.99Parts: Other
85.41 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
- 8541.10Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED)
- 8541.21Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors: With a dissipation rate of less than 1 W
- 8541.29Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors: Other
- 8541.30Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices
- 8541.41Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED): Light-emitting diodes (LED)
- 8541.42Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED): Photovoltaic cells not assembled in modules or made up into panels
- 8541.43Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED): Photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels
- 8541.49Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED): Other
- 8541.51Other semiconductor devices: Semiconductor-based transducers
- 8541.59Other semiconductor devices: Other
- 8541.60Mounted piezo-electric crystals
- 8541.90Parts
85.42 Electronic integrated circuits
- 8542.31Electronic integrated circuits: Processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits
- 8542.32Electronic integrated circuits: Memories
- 8542.33Electronic integrated circuits: Amplifiers
- 8542.39Electronic integrated circuits: Other
- 8542.90Parts
85.44 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
- 8544.11Winding wire: Of copper
- 8544.19Winding wire: Other
- 8544.20Co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors
- 8544.30Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships
- 8544.42Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 V: Fitted with connectors
- 8544.49Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 V: Other
- 8544.60Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V
- 8544.70Optical fibre cables
85.48 Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
- 8548.00Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
85.49 Electrical and electronic waste and scrap
- 8549.11Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators: Waste and scrap of lead-acid accumulators; spent lead-acid accumulators
- 8549.12Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators: Other, containing lead, cadmium or mercury
- 8549.13Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators: Sorted by chemical type and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury
- 8549.14Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators: Unsorted and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury
- 8549.19Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators: Other
- 8549.21Of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal: Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- 8549.29Of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal: Other
- 8549.31Other electrical and electronic assemblies and printed circuit boards: Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- 8549.39Other electrical and electronic assemblies and printed circuit boards: Other
- 8549.91Other: Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- 8549.99Other: Other
What it doesn’t cover
Chapter 84, before it, covers nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof; chapter 86, after it, covers railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds.
How it is structured
Chapter 85 is the first level of the Harmonized System. Its headings add two digits to the chapter number (85.01), and each heading's subheadings add two more.
In other countries
National tariff lines under chapter 85 are live on border.bot for the United States (982 lines, also used by 1 other country).
- United States982 lines, used by 1 other country
Frequently asked questions
What does HS chapter 85 cover?
HS chapter 85 covers 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.
How many headings and subheadings are in HS chapter 85?
HS chapter 85 has 48 headings and 296 six-digit subheadings in HS2022.
Which countries’ tariffs list national lines in HS chapter 85?
National tariff lines under chapter 85 are live on border.bot for the United States (982 lines, also used by 1 other country).
Sources and updates
The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.