HS Code 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recordersand reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts andaccessories of such articles

Q: Is HS code 85 the same in every country?

Yes — HS code 85 is part of the WCO Harmonized System and is the same in every WCO member country at the 6-digit level. Beyond 6 digits, each country extends the code under its own system (e.g. HTSUS in the US, CN/TARIC in the EU, HSK in Korea, CCCHS in China) for national tariff rates and trade statistics. To see how a specific country classifies this code, select a country.

Q: Which WCO edition does HS code 85 belong to, and has it been reclassified?

The Harmonized System is maintained by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and revised approximately every five years. The current edition is HS 2022, which replaced HS 2017 on 1 January 2022. Codes are added, merged, or split between editions to reflect new products and trade patterns, so a code valid in one edition may not exist or may mean something different in another.

Q: How do I find the correct country-specific version of HS code 85?

Beyond the international 6-digit level, each country adds its own digits — the US extends to 10 digits (HTSUS), the EU to 8 or 10 (CN/TARIC), China to 13 (CCCHS), Korea to 10 (HSK), Japan to 9, and so on. To find the full code used by a specific country, select a country in TradeInt's HS Code Tool and search for 85.

What is HS Code 85

HS Code 85 covers Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recordersand reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts andaccessories of such articles. It is one of the 96 chapters of the WCO Harmonized System, sitting in Section XVI (Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles). The two digits "85" are the chapter level — every 4-digit heading and 6-digit subheading starting with "85" belongs here.

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What does HS Code 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recordersand reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts andaccessories of such articles Cover?

Section XVI

Chapters (84-85) Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

Chapter 85

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recordersand reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts andaccessories of such articles

HS Code 8501

Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

HS Code 8502

Electric generating sets and rotary converters

HS Code 8503

Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502

HS Code 8504

Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors

HS Code 8505

Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads

HS Code 8506

Cells and batteries; primary

HS Code 8507

Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)

HS Code 8508

Vacuum cleaners

HS Code 8509

Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.

HS Code 8510

Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor

HS Code 8511

Ignition or starting equipment; used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines; generators and cut outs used in conjunction with such engines

HS Code 8512

Lighting or visual signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading no. 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters; electrical, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles

HS Code 8513

Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (e.g. dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512

HS Code 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

HS Code 8515

Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering, brazing, welding machines and apparatus, capable or not of cutting, electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or sintered carbides

HS Code 8516

Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; hand dryers, irons; electro-thermic appliances for domestic purposes; electro heating resistors, not of heading no. 8545

HS Code 8517

Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528

HS Code 8518

Microphones and their stands; loudspeakers, mounted or not in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, combined or not with a microphone, and sets of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency and electric sound amplifiers and sets

HS Code 8519

Sound recording or reproducing apparatus

HS Code 8521

Video recording or reproducing apparatus

HS Code 8522

Sound or video recording apparatus; parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521

HS Code 8523

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, excluding products of Chapter 37

HS Code 8524

Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens

HS Code 8525

Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders

HS Code 8526

Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus

HS Code 8527

Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.

HS Code 8528

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

HS Code 8529

Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528

HS Code 8530

Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608

HS Code 8531

Signalling apparatus; electric sound or visual (e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), excluding those of heading no. 8512 or 8530

HS Code 8532

Electrical capacitors; fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)

HS Code 8533

Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), excluding heating resistors

HS Code 8534

Circuits; printed

HS Code 8535

Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts

HS Code 8536

Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables

HS Code 8537

Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 for electricity control and distribution, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517)

HS Code 8538

Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537

HS Code 8539

Lamps; 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

HS Code 8540

Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g. vacuum, vapour, gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-ray and television camera tubes)

HS Code 8541

Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals

HS Code 8542

Electronic integrated circuits

HS Code 8543

Electrical machines and apparatus; having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter

HS Code 8544

Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not; optical fibre cables of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors

HS Code 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

HS Code 8546

Electrical insulators of any material

HS Code 8547

Insulating fittings; for electrical machines, appliances, equipment, excluding insulators of heading no. 8546, electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore

HS Code 8548

Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus; not specified or elsewhere included in this chapter

HS Code 8549

Electrical and electronic waste and scrap

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What HS Codes for Electrical Machinery Do Not Cover

Chapter 85 covers electrical machinery, equipment, recorded media, and parts. Goods frequently misclassified here but that belong elsewhere include:

Electrically heated blankets, pads, foot-muffs

Chapter 63

Electric medical instruments (X-ray, ECG, MRI)

Chapter 90

Electric vehicles

Chapter 87

Electric lamps and lighting fittings

heading 9405

This list highlights common classification errors only — it is not exhaustive. For binding classification, work with a licensed customs broker or qualified trade compliance professional.

Related HS Codes under Electrical Machinery HS 85

HS Code 8501

Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

HS Code 8502

Electric generating sets and rotary converters

HS Code 8503

Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502

HS Code 8504

Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors

HS Code 8505

Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads

HS Code 8506

Cells and batteries; primary

HS Code 8507

Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)

HS Code 8508

Vacuum cleaners

HS Code 8509

Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.

HS Code 8510

Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor

Frequently Asked Questions

What is HS code 85?

HS code 85 covers Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recordersand reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts andaccessories of such articles, one of the chapter 85 of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized System. It is the broadest level of HS classification, grouping all products of this type before they are narrowed down by more specific 4-digit headings and 6-digit subheadings.

Is HS code 85 the same in every country?

Which WCO edition does HS code 85 belong to, and has it been reclassified?

How do I find the correct country-specific version of HS code 85?