HSN code 85

Chapter

HSN code
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

Classification

Code typeHSN — Harmonized System of Nomenclature
LevelChapter (2 digits)
SectionSection XVI — Machinery and electrical equipment
Chapter 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

57 codes under HSN 85

HSN codeDescription
8501Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)
8502Electric generating sets and rotary converters
8503Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502
8504Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors
8505Electro-magnetic, permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation, electro-magnetic or permanent magnet chucks, clamps…
8506Primary cells and primary batteries
8507Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square)
8508Vaccum cleaners
8509Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, with self contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 8508
8510Shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor
8511Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition…
8512Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or…
8513Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for example, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), other than lighting equipment…
8514Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those functioning by induction or dielectric loss); other industrial or laboratory equipment…
8515Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photobeam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or…
8516Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters, electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus, electrothermic…
8517Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks: other apparatus for the transmission or…
8518Microphones and stands therefor: loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures: headphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a…
8519Sound recording or reproducing apparatus
85201000Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device dictating machines not capable of…
85202000Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device telephone answering machines
85203200Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device - other magnetic tape recorders…
85203310Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device - other magnetic tape recorders…
85203390Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device - other magnetic tape recorders…
85203910Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device - other magnetic tape recorders…
85203990Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device - other magnetic tape recorders…
85209010Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device - other: compact disc recording apparatus
85209090Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device - other: other
8521Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner
8522Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8519 or 8521
8523Discs, 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…
8524Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens
8525Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporation reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus…
8526Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus
8527Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock
8528Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus, reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast…
8529Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8524 to 8528
8530Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or…
8531Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530
8532Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)
8533Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors
8534Printed circuits
8535Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses…
8536Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays…
8537Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the…
8538Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537
8539Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources
8540Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and…
8541Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers), photosensitive semiconductor, devices, including photovoltaic cells…
8542Electronic integrated circuits
8543Electrical machines and apparatus having individual functions, not specified or including elsewhere in this chapter
8544Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with…
8545Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for…
8546Electrical insulators of any material
8547Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from an minor components of metal…
8548Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
8549Electrical and electronic waste and scrap

Using HSN 85 in GST

The GST rate depends on the exact goods or service and any conditions in the rate notification, so it is not listed here. Check the official CBIC GST rate finder, then work out the tax with the GST calculator or make a bill with the GST invoice generator.

Frequently asked questions

What is HSN code 85?

HSN code 85 is the chapter for: 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.

What is the GST rate for HSN 85?

GST rates are set by CBIC rate notifications and can depend on conditions, so check the CBIC GST rate finder for HSN 85 before invoicing.

How many codes are under HSN 85?

57 more detailed codes are listed directly under HSN 85 in the GST list.