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HSN Chapter 85: Electrical Machinery And Equipment And Parts Thereof

48 headings, and the 107 codes in this chapter that people search for, each with its full classification.

About Chapter 85

Chapter 85 of the Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) is titled “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 is part of Section XVI, Machinery & Electrical Equipment, together with Chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers).

The chapter is divided into 48 headings, from 8501 (electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)) to 8549 (electrical and electronic waste and scrap). The headings with the most codes that people search for are insulated wire, cable and other insulated electric conductors (8544), electrical machines and apparatus having individual functions (8543), electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) (8501), electro-magnetic (8505) and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (8517).

Note 1 keeps electrically warmed blankets and clothing out of the chapter, sends electrically heated furniture to Chapter 94, and leaves the machines and apparatus of heading 8486 to Chapter 84.

Every heading is listed below. Under each are the codes that have their own page on Laabam One, 107 codes in this chapter, each with its full classification: its chapter, heading and sub-heading, and the codes beside it.

Every code in this chapter begins with 85: four digits make a heading, six a sub-heading, and eight a tariff item of India's Customs Tariff. How many of those digits a GST tax invoice shows depends on the business, not the goods: under Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax, from 1 April 2021, four digits where aggregate turnover in the previous financial year was up to ₹5 crore, and six above it. Up to ₹5 crore, the code may be left off invoices to unregistered buyers.

No GST rate is shown here. GST rates were revised in September 2025, and a rate appears on this site only once it has been checked against the CBIC rate notifications.

Sources: ITC(HS) Chapter 85, DGCI&S (title, headings and notes); Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax (HSN digits on invoices).

Headings in Chapter 85

  1. 8501Electric Motors And Generators (Excluding Generating Sets)

  2. 8502Electric Generating Sets And Rotary Converters

  3. 8503Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Machines Of Heading 8501 Or 8502

  4. 8504Electrical Transformers, Static Converters (For Example, Rectifiers) And Inductors

  5. 8505Electro-Magnetic, Permanent Magnets And Articles Intended To Become Permanent Magnets After Magnetisation

  6. 8506Primary Cells And Primary Batteries

  7. 8507Electric Accumulators, Including Separators Therefor, Whether Or Not Rectangular (Including Square)

  8. 8508Vaccum Cleaners

  9. 8509Electro-Mechanical Domestic Appliances, With Self Contained Electric Motor, Other Than Vacuum Cleaners Of Heading 8508

  10. 8510Shavers, Hair Clippers And Hair-Removing Appliances, With Self-Contained Electric Motor

  11. 8511Electrical Ignition Or Starting Equipment Of A Kind Used For Spark-Ignition Or Compression-Ignition Internal Combustion Engines

  12. 8512Electrical Lighting Or Signalling Equipment, Windscreen Wipers, Defrosters And Demisters, Of A Kind Used For Cycles Or Motor Vehicles

  13. 8513Portable Electric Lamps Designed To Function By Their Own Source Of Energy, Other Than Lighting Equipment Of Heading 8512

  14. 8514Industrial Electric Furnaces

  15. 8515Electric, Laser Or Other Light Or Photobeam, Ultrasonic, Electron Beam, Magnetic Pulse Or Plasma Arc Soldering

  16. 8516Water Heater

  17. 8517Other Apparatus For The Transmission Or Reception Of Voice, Images Or Other Data

  18. 8518Electric Sound Amplifier Sets

  19. 8519Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus

  20. 8521Video Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus, Whether Or Not Incorporating A Video Tuner

  21. 8522Parts And Accessories Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8519 Or 8521

  22. 8523Discs, Tapes, Solid-State Non-Volatile Storage Devices, Smart Cards And Other Media For The Recording Of Sound Or Of Other Phenomena

  23. 8524Flat Panel Display Modules, Whether Or Not Incorporating Touch-Sensitive Screens

  24. 8525Transmission Apparatus For Radio-Broadcasting Or Television

  25. 8526Radar Apparatus, Radio Navigational Aid Apparatus And Radio Remote Control Apparatus

  26. 8527Reception Apparatus For Radio-Broadcasting Whether Or Not Combined, In The Same Housing

  27. 8528Monitors And Projectors

  28. 8529Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8524 To 8528

  29. 8530Electrical Signalling, Safety Or Traffic Control Equipment For Railways, Tramways, Roads, Inland Waterways, Parking Facilities

  30. 8531Electric Sound Or Visual Signalling Apparatus, Other Than Those Of Heading 8512 Or 8530

  31. 8532Electrical Capacitors, Fixed, Variable Or Adjustable (Pre-Set)

  32. 8533Electrical Resistors (Including Rheostats And Potentiometers), Other Than Heating Resistors

  33. 8534Printed Circuits

  34. 8535Electrical Apparatus For Switching Or Protecting Electrical Circuits, Or For Making Connections To Or In Electrical Circuits

  35. 8536Switches, Fuses, Plugs And Sockets

  36. 8537Boards, Panels, Consoles, Desks, Cabinets And Other Bases, Equipped With Two Or More Apparatus Of Heading 8535 Or 8536

  37. 8538Parts Of Switchgear And Panels

  38. 8539Electric Lamps, LED Light Sources

  39. 8540Thermionic, Cold Cathode Or Photo-Cathode Valves And Tubes

  40. 8541Semiconductor Devices, Photosensitive Semiconductor, Devices

  41. 8542Electronic Integrated Circuits

  42. 8543Electrical Machines And Apparatus Having Individual Functions, Not Specified Or Including Elsewhere In This Chapter

  43. 8544Insulated Wire, Cable And Other Insulated Electric Conductors

  44. 8545Carbon Electrodes, Carbon Brushes, Lamp Carbons, Battery Carbons And Other Articles Of Graphite Or Other Carbon, With Or Without Metal

  45. 8546Electrical Insulators Of Any Material

  46. 8547Insulating Fittings For Electrical Machines, Appliances Or Equipment

  47. 8548Electrical Parts Of Machinery Or Apparatus, Not Specified Or Included Elsewhere In This Chapter

  48. 8549Electrical And Electronic Waste And Scrap

HSN Chapter 85 — FAQs

What does HSN Chapter 85 cover?

Chapter 85 covers electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof. It is part of Section XVI, Machinery & Electrical Equipment.

How many headings are there in HSN Chapter 85?

48, numbered 8501 to 8549. Every heading's four digits begin with 85.

Does this page give the GST rate for Chapter 85 goods?

No. GST rates were revised in September 2025, and a rate is shown only once it has been checked against the CBIC rate notifications. Find the code here, then confirm its current rate there.

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