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Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof

Electrical machinery, equipment and parts thereof and is the largest single chapter in the BIS-notified…

BIS QCO · 238/635 LINES · 62 STANDARDS · CRS

HSN Chapter 85 covers electrical machinery, equipment and parts thereof and is the largest single chapter in the BIS-notified schedule. Within this chapter the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has notified 135 tariff lines spanning headings 8504 (transformers, inverters and chargers), 8506-8507 (primary cells and accumulators), 8509-8516 (domestic appliances including water heaters, microwave ovens and induction stoves), 8518-8519 (audio amplifiers and sound recording apparatus), 8521 (video recorders), 8523-8524 (recorded media and display modules), 8525-8528 (transmission, reception and monitors), 8536 (switchgear), 8541-8543 (semiconductors, electrical machines and electronic devices). The chapter spans the entire consumer electronics, IT and electrical-appliance regulatory perimeter.

Twenty-six Indian Standards govern the chapter. CRS-notified standards dominate — IS 13252 (with IS 616 in concurrent running) for audio-video and IT equipment safety, IS 16046 for batteries, IS 16221 and IS 16242 for power supplies, IS 17150 for printers, IS 17980 for power banks, IS 18112 for solar inverters. ISI-Mark standards cover induction stoves (IS 302), transformers (IS 3024, IS 648, IS 16585), microwave ovens, ceiling fans and other appliances. Scheme distribution splits between the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) for 102 codes under the Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, the ISI Mark Scheme for 28 codes, and Scheme-X for 5 small electrical-accessory codes.

At a glance

635

Tariff lines (8-digit HSN)

238

BIS QCO notified (37% coverage)

Indian Standards in chapter

CRS

Primary mark scheme

Headings covered

8501Electric Motors And Generators (Excluding Generating Sets)46 lines · 24 BIS 8502Electric Generating Sets And Rotary Converters15 lines 8503Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Machines Of Heading 8501 Or 85024 lines 8504Electrical Transformers, Static Converters (For Example, Rectifiers) And Inductors23 lines · 13 BIS 8505Electro-Magnets; Permanent Magnets And Articles Intended To Become Permanent Magnets After Magnetisation; Electro-Magnetic Or Permanent M…5 lines 8506Primary Cells And Primary Batteries8 lines · 8 BIS 8507Electric Accumulators, Including Separators Therefor, Whether Or Not Rectangular (Including Square)8 lines · 6 BIS 8508Vacuum Cleaners4 lines 8509Electro-Mechanical Domestic Appliances, With Self Contained Electric Motor, Other Than Vacuum Cleaners Of Heading 85084 lines · 2 BIS 8510Shavers, Hair Clippers And Hair-Removing Appliances, With Self-Contained Electric Motor4 lines · 3 BIS 8511Electrical Ignition Or Starting Equipment Of A Kind Used For Spark-Ignition Or Compression-Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (For Exam…9 lines 8512Electrical Lighting Or Signalling Equipment (Excluding Articles Of Heading 8539), Windscreen Wipers, Defrosters And Demisters, Of A Kind …8 lines · 2 BIS 8513Portable Electric Lamps Designed To Function By Their Own Source Of Energy (For Example, Dry Batteries, Accumulators, Magnetos), Other Th…6 lines · 5 BIS 8514Industrial Or Laboratory Electric Furnaces And Ovens (Including Those Functioning By Induction Or Dielectric Loss); Other Industrial Or L…8 lines 8515Electric (Including Electrically Heated Gas), Laser Or Other Light Or Photo Beam, Ultrasonic, Electron Beam, Magnetic Pulse Or Plasma Arc…13 lines · 2 BIS 8516Electric Instantaneous Or Storage Water Heaters And Immersion Heaters; Electric Space Heating Apparatus And Soil Heating Apparatus; Elect…16 lines · 12 BIS 8517Telephone Sets, Including Smartphones And Other Telephones For Cellular Networks Or For Other Wireless Networks; Other Apparatus For The …23 lines · 5 BIS 8518Microphones And Stands Therefor; Loudspeakers, Whether Or Not Mounted In Their Enclosures; Headphones And Earphones, Whether Or Not Combi…14 lines · 14 BIS 8519Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus8 lines · 6 BIS 8521Video Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus, Whether Or Not Incorporating A Video Tuner12 lines · 11 BIS 8522Parts And Accessories Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8519 Or 85212 lines 8523Discs, Tapes, Solid-State Non-Volatile Storage Devices, "Smart Cards" And Other Media For The Recording Of Sound Or Of Other Phenomena, W…38 lines · 1 BIS 8524Flat Panel Display Modules , Whether Or Not Incorporating Touch-Sensitive Screens24 lines · 24 BIS 8525Transmission Apparatus For Radio-Broadcasting Or Television, Whether Or Not Incorporating Reception Apparatus Or Sound Recording Or Repro…10 lines · 5 BIS 8526Radar Apparatus, Radio Navigational Aid Apparatus And Radio Remote Control Apparatus8 lines 8527Reception Apparatus For Radio-Broadcasting, Whether Or Not Combined, In The Same Housing, With Sound Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus O…8 lines · 5 BIS 8528Monitors And Projectors, Not Incorporating Television Reception Apparatus; Reception Apparatus For Television, Whether Or Not Incorporati…18 lines · 18 BIS 8529Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8524 To 852812 lines · 1 BIS 8530Electrical Signalling, Safety Or Traffic Control Equipment For Railways, Tramways, Roads, Inland Waterways, Parking Facilities, Port Inst…4 lines 8531Electric Sound Or Visual Signalling Apparatus (For Example, Bells, Sirens, Indicator Panels, Burglar Or Fire Alarms), Other Than Those Of…6 lines 8532Electrical Capacitors, Fixed, Variable Or Adjustable (Pre-Set)10 lines · 9 BIS 8533Electrical Resistors (Including Rheostats And Potentiometers), Other Than Heating Resistors20 lines 8534—1 lines 8535Electrical Apparatus For Switching Or Protecting Electrical Circuits, Or For Making Connections To Or In Electrical Circuits (For Example…34 lines · 3 BIS 8536Electrical Apparatus For Switching Or Protecting Electrical Circuits, Or For Making Connections To Or In Electrical Circuits (For Example…27 lines · 15 BIS 8537Boards, Panels, Consoles, Desks, Cabinets And Other Bases, Equipped With Two Or More Apparatus Of Heading 8535 Or 8536, For Electric Cont…3 lines 8538Parts Suitable For Use Solely Or Principally With The Apparatus Of Headings 8535, 8536 Or 85373 lines 8539Electric Filament Or Discharge Lamps Including Sealed Beam Lamp Units And Ultra-Violet Or Infra- Red Lamps, Arc Lamps; Light-Emitting Dio…24 lines · 5 BIS 8540Thermionic, Cold Cathode Or Photo-Cathode Valves And Tubes (For Example, Vacuum Or Vapour Or Gas Filled Valves And Tubes, Mercury Arc Rec…14 lines 8541Semiconductor Devices (For Example, Diodes, Transistors, Semiconductor-Based Transducers); Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Includin…13 lines · 7 BIS 8542Electronic Integrated Circuits5 lines 8543Electrical Machines And Apparatus Having Individual Functions, Not Specified Or Included Elsewhere In This Chapter40 lines · 6 BIS 8544Insulated (Including Enamelled Or Anodised) Wire, Cable (Including Co-Axial Cable) And Other Insulated Electric Conductors, Whether Or No…29 lines · 26 BIS 8545Carbon Electrodes, Carbon Brushes, Lamp Carbons, Battery Carbons And Other Articles Of Graphite Or Other Carbon, With Or Without Metal, O…6 lines 8546Electrical Insulators Of Any Material17 lines 8547Insulating Fittings For Electrical Machines, Appliances Or Equipment, Being Fittings Wholly Of Insulating Material Apart From Any Minor C…9 lines 8548—1 lines 8549Electrical And Electronic Waste And Scrap11 lines

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Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.