HSN Chapter 85
HSN Chapter 85 — Electrical Machinery And Equipment And Parts Thereof
HSN 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 contains 49 four-digit headings and 1273 HSN codes in total. Below is every heading in Chapter 85 with its GST 2.0 rate (verified against CBIC). Use the search tool for any specific 6- or 8-digit sub-code.
Source: CBIC GST rate schedule (GST 2.0, effective 22 Sep 2025).
HSN codes in Chapter 85
1273 codes · GST 2.0 rates per the CBIC GST rate schedule (effective 22 Sep 2025); verified 2026-06-07.
| HSN Code | Description | GST Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8501 | Electric Motors And Generators (Excluding Generating Sets) | 18% |
| 8502 | Electric Generating Sets And Rotary Converters | 18% |
| 8503 | Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Machines Of Heading 8501 Or 8502: | 18% |
| 8504 details | Electrical Transformers, Static Converters (For Example, Rectifiers) And Inductors | 18% |
| 8505 | Electro-Magnetic, 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 | 18% |
| 8506 details | Primary Cells And Primary Batteries | 18% |
| 8507 details | Electric Accumulators, Including Separators Therefor, Whether Or Not Rectangular (Including Square) | 18% |
| 8508 | Vaccum Cleaners | 18% |
| 8509 details | Electro-Mechanical Domestic Appliances, With Self Contained Electric Motor, Other Than Vacuum Cleaners Of Heading 8508. | 18% |
| 8510 | Shavers, Hair Clippers And Hair-Removing Appliances, With Self-Contained Electric Motor | 18% |
| 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 | 18% |
| 8512 details | Electrical Lighting Or Signalling Equipment (Excluding Articles Of Heading 8539), Windscreen Wipers, Defrosters And Demisters, Of A Kind Used For Cycles Or Motor Vehicles | 18% |
| 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 | 18% |
| 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 | 18% |
| 8515 | Electric (Including Electrically Heated Gas), Laser Or Other Light Or Photobeam, 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 | 18% |
| 8516 details | Electric Instantaneous Or Storage Water Heaters And Immersion Heaters, Electric Space Heating Apparatus And Soil Heating Apparatus, Electrothermic 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 8544 | 18% |
| 8517 details | Telephone Sets, Including Smartphones And Other Telephones For Cellular Networks Or For Other Wireless Networks : Other Apparatus For The Transmission Or Reception Of Voice, 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 8527 | 18% |
| 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 Loudspeakers: Audio-Frequency Electric Amplifiers: Electric Sound Amplifier Sets | 18% |
| 8519 | Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus | 18% |
| 8520 | Omitted | 18% |
| 8521 details | Video Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus, Whether Or Not Incorporating A Video Tuner | 18% |
| 8522 | Parts And Accessories Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8519 Or 8521 | 18% |
| 8523 details | 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 Magnetic Media: | 18% |
| 8524 | Flat Panel Display Modules, Whether Or Not Incorporating Touch-Sensitive Screens | 18% |
| 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 | Varies |
| 8526 | Radar Apparatus, Radio Navigational Aid Apparatus And Radio Remote Control Apparatus | 18% |
| 8527 details | Reception Apparatus For Radio-Broadcasting Whether Or Not Combined, In The Same Housing, With Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus Or A Clock | 18% |
| 8528 details | Monitors And Projectors, Not Incorporating Television Reception Apparatus, Reception Apparatus For Television, Whether Or Not Incorporating Radio-Broadcast Receivers Or Sound Or Video Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus | 18% |
| 8529 | Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8524 To 8528 | 18% |
| 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) | 18% |
| 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 | 18% |
| 8532 | Electrical Capacitors, Fixed, Variable Or Adjustable (Pre-Set) | 18% |
| 8533 | Electrical Resistors (Including Rheostats And Potentiometers), Other Than Heating Resistors | 18% |
| 8534 | Printed Circuits | 18% |
| 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 | 18% |
| 8536 details | 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. | 18% |
| 8537 details | 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 For A Voltage Not Exceeding 1,000 V | 18% |
| 8538 | 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 For A Voltage Not Exceeding 1,000 V | 18% |
| 8539 | Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8535, 8536 Or 8536 | 18% |
| 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) | 18% |
| 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 | 18% |
| 8542 | Electronic Integrated Circuits | 18% |
| 8543 | Electrical Machines And Apparatus Having Individual Functions, Not Specified Or Including Elsewhere In This Chapter | 18% |
| 8544 details | 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 | 18% |
| 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 | 18% |
| 8546 | Electrical Insulators Of Any Material | 18% |
| 8547 | Insulating Fittings For Electrical Machines, Appliances Or Equipment, Being Fittings Wholly Of Insulating Material Apart From An 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 | 18% |
| 8548 | Electrical Parts Of Machinery Or Apparatus, Not Specified Or Included Elsewhere In This Chapter | 18% |
| 8549 | Electrical And Electronic Waste And Scrap | 18% |
Frequently Asked Questions
What products are in HSN Chapter 85?
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, spanning 49 headings and 1273 HSN codes.
What is the GST rate for Chapter 85 goods?
GST rates vary by specific code under GST 2.0 (Nil, 5%, 18% or 40%). See the rate against each heading above, or search the exact 8-digit code in the HSN Code Finder.
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