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HSN Code 8540 refers to "Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes, e.g. vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes and television camera tubes; parts thereof". This code is used to classify goods for import/export purposes based on their nature, composition, and intended use.

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8501 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

8502 Electric generating sets and rotary converters

8503 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with electric motors and generators, electric generating sets and rotary converters, n.e.s.

8504 Electrical transformers, static converters, e.g. rectifiers, and inductors; parts thereof

8505 Electromagnets (excluding magnets for medical use); permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetization; electromagnetic or permanent magnet chucks, clamps and similar holding devices; electromagnetic couplings, clutches and brakes; electromagnetic lifting heads; parts thereof

8506 Primary cells and primary batteries, electrical; parts thereof (excluding spent)

8507 Electric accumulators, incl. separators therefor, whether or not square or rectangular; parts thereof (excluding spent and those of unhardened rubber or textiles)

8508 Vacuum cleaners, incl. dry cleaners and wet vacuum cleaners

8509 Electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor; parts thereof (excluding vacuum cleaners, dry and wet vacuum cleaners)

8510 Electric shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor; parts thereof

8511 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines, e.g. ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs, glow plugs and starter motors; generators, e.g. dynamos and alternators, and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof

8512 Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excluding lamps of heading 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles; parts thereof

8513 Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy, e.g. dry batteries, accumulators and magnetos; parts thereof (excluding lighting equipment of heading 8512)

8514 Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens, incl. those functioning by induction or dielectric loss; other industrial or laboratory equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss; parts thereof

8515 Electric, incl. electrically heated gas, laser or other light or photon beam, 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, metal carbides or cermets; parts thereof (excluding guns for spraying hot materials of heading 8424)

8516 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space-heating apparatus and soil-heating apparatus; electro-thermic hairdressing apparatus, e.g. hairdryers, hair curlers and 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 8545); parts thereof

8517 Telephone sets, incl. telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, incl. apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network [such as a local or wide area network]; parts thereof (excluding than transmission or reception apparatus of heading8443,8525,8527 or8528)

8518 Microphones and stands therefor (excluding cordless microphones with built-in transmitter); 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 (excluding telephone sets, hearing aids and helmets with built-in headphones, whether or not incorporating a microphone); audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets; parts thereof

8519 Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus

8520 Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device

8521 Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excluding video camera recorders)

8522 Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with sound reproducing and recording apparatus and with video equipment for recording and reproducing pictures and sound

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, incl. matrices and masters for the production of discs (excluding products of chapter 37)

8524 Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena, incl. matrices and masters for the production of records (excluding products of chapter 37)

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

8526 Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus

8527 Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock

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

8529 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with transmission and reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting, television, television cameras, still image video cameras and other video camera recorders, radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus or radio remote control apparatus, n.e.s.

8530 Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (excluding mechanical or electromechanical equipment of heading 8608); parts thereof

8531 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus, e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms (excluding those for cycles, motor vehicles and traffic signalling); parts thereof

8532 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable "pre-set"; parts thereof

8533 Electrical resistors, incl. rheostats and potentiometers (excluding heating resistors); parts thereof

8534 Printed circuits

8535 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes, for a voltage 1.000 V (excluding control desks, cabinets, panels etc. of heading 8537)

8536 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and junction boxes, for a voltage = 1.000 V (excluding control desks, cabinets, panels etc. of heading 8537)

8537 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, incl. those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus (excluding switching apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy)

8538 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s.

8539 Electric filament or discharge lamps, incl. sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infra-red lamps; arc lamps; parts thereof

8540 Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes, e.g. vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes and television camera tubes; parts thereof

8541 Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices, incl. photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels (excluding photovotaic generators); light emitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals; parts thereof

8542 Electronic integrated circuits; parts thereof

8543 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85 and parts thereof

8544 Insulated "incl. enamelled or anodised" wire, cable "incl. coaxial 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 electric conductors or fitted with connectors

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

8546 Electrical insulators of any material (excluding insulating fittings)

8547 Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal, e.g., threaded sockets, incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly (other than insulators of heading 8546); electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating material

8548 Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in chapter 85

HSN Code8540

HSN Code	Description	GST%	Effective Date
854011	Cathode ray television picture tubes, incl. video monitor cathode ray tubes, colour	18%	01/07/2017
854012	Cathode ray television picture tubes, incl. video monitor cathode ray tubes, black and white or other monochrome, with a screen width-to-height ratio of 1,5 and a diagonal measurement of the screen 72 cm	18%	01/07/2017
854020	Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photo cathode tubes (excluding cathode ray television picture tubes incl. video monitor cathode ray tubes)	18%	01/07/2017
854040	Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch of 0,4 mm (excluding photo cathode tubes and cathode ray tubes)	18%	01/07/2017
854050	Data-graphic display tubes, black and white or other monochrome (excluding photo cathode tubes and cathode ray tubes)	18%	01/07/2017
854060	Cathoderay tubes (excluding television and video-monitor cathoderay tubes, television camera tubes, image converters or intensifiers, other photo-cathode tubes, black and white or other monochrome data-graphic display tubes and colour data-graphic display tubes with a phosphor dot screen pitch of 0,4 mm)	18%	01/07/2017
854071	Magnetrons	18%	01/07/2017
854072	Klystrons	18%	01/07/2017
854079	Microwave tubes, e.g. travelling wave tubes and carcinotrons (excluding magnetrons and grid-controlled tubes)	18%	01/07/2017
854081	Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes (excluding microwave tubes, photo-cathode tubes and cathode ray tubes)	18%	01/07/2017
854089	Electronic valves and tubes (excluding receiver or amplifier valves and tubes, microwave tubes, photo-cathode tubes, cathode ray tubes, black and white or other monochrome data-graphic display tubes and colour data-graphic display tubes with a phosphor dot screen pitch of 0,4 mm)	18%	01/07/2017
854091	Parts of cathode ray tubes, n.e.s.	18%	01/07/2017
854099	Parts of thermionic, cold cathode or photo cathode valves and tubes, n.e.s. (excluding parts of cathode ray tubes)	18%	01/07/2017
85401110	CTV PCTR TUB 20/21 EXCEPT 21 FAND FST	18%	01/07/2017
85401120	VIDEO MONITOR CATHODE-RAY TUBES	18%	01/07/2017
85401190	OTHERS Products Include: Electronic Item	18%	01/07/2017
85401200	CATHODE-RAY TV PICTURE TUBES,INCL VIDEO MONITOR CATHODE-RAY TUBES BLACK AND WHITE/OTHR MONOCHROME	18%	01/07/2017
85402000	TV CAMERA TUBES IMAGE CNVRTRS AND INTENSFIRS;OTHR PHOTO-CATHODE TUBES	18%	01/07/2017
85404000	*DATA/GRAPHIC DISPLAY TUBES,COLOUR,WTH A PHOSPHOR DOT SCREEN PITCH< 0.4 MM	18%	01/07/2017
85404010	DATA/GRAPHIC DISPLAY TUBES, MONOCHROME	18%	01/07/2017
85404020	DATA/GRAPHIC DISPLAY TUBES, COLOUR, WITH A PHOSPHOR DOT SCREEN PITCH SMALLER THAN 0.4 MM	18%	01/07/2017
85405000	*DATA/GRAPHIC DISPLAY TUBES,BLACK AND WHITEOR OTHER MONOCHROME	18%	01/07/2017
85406000	OTHER CATHODE-RAY TUBES	18%	01/07/2017
85407100	MAGNETRONS	18%	01/07/2017
85407200	*KLYSTRONS	18%	01/07/2017
85407900	OTHR MICROWAVE TUBES EXCL GRID CNTRLLD TUBES	18%	01/07/2017
85408100	RECEIVER/AMPLIFIER VALVES AND TUBES	18%	01/07/2017
85408900	OTHER VALVES AND TUBES	18%	01/07/2017
85409100	PARTS OF CATHODE-RAY TUBES	18%	01/07/2017
85409900	OTHR PRTS OF THE TUBS AND VLVS OF HDG 8540	18%	01/07/2017

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