Video typewriter
Video typewriter, an electrical apparatus with individual functions
HSN 8543 70 35 (Video typewriter) is not covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order and carries no Partner Government Agency clearance requirement at the tariff-line level. Import follows the standard customs procedure: Importer-Exporter Code (IEC), bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Other electrical machines and apparatus in Chapter 85 — including monitors, display units, and certain information-technology equipment — may fall under sibling tariff lines that carry BIS compliance obligations.
The principal risk for this tariff line is misclassification: a device that overlaps functionally with display equipment, computers, or electronic typewriters may be re-classified by customs to a line carrying mandatory BIS certification or WPC type-approval, triggering detention pending retrospective compliance. The residual structure of heading 8543 means the burden of demonstrating that the imported article is specifically a video typewriter — and not a more specifically described electrical apparatus — rests on the importer at the time of assessment.