HS Chapter 85
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound and television recorders and reproducers
48 headings · 412 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.
Heading 8501
Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)
28 codes
Heading 8502
Electric generating sets and rotary converters
7 codes
Heading 8503
Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502
7 codes
Heading 8504
Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors
21 codes
Heading 8505
Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads
4 codes
Heading 8506
Cells and batteries; primary
9 codes
Heading 8507
Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)
10 codes
Heading 8508
Vacuum cleaners
5 codes
Heading 8509
Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.
3 codes
Heading 8510
Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor
4 codes
Heading 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
8 codes
Heading 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
5 codes
Heading 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
4 codes
Heading 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
8 codes
Heading 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
8 codes
Heading 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
18 codes
Heading 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
16 codes
Heading 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
8 codes
Heading 8519
Sound recording or reproducing apparatus
6 codes
Heading 8521
Video recording or reproducing apparatus
4 codes
Heading 8522
Sound or video recording apparatus; parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521
4 codes
Heading 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
22 codes
Heading 8524
Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens
9 codes
Heading 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
12 codes
Heading 8526
Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus
4 codes
Heading 8527
Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.
8 codes
Heading 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
11 codes
Heading 8529
Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528
8 codes
Heading 8530
Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608
3 codes
Heading 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
4 codes
Heading 8532
Electrical capacitors; fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)
10 codes
Heading 8533
Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), excluding heating resistors
7 codes
Heading 8534
Circuits; printed
1 codes
Heading 8535
Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts
9 codes
Heading 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
13 codes
Heading 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)
4 codes
Heading 8538
Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537
2 codes
Heading 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
22 codes
Heading 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)
11 codes
Heading 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
12 codes
Heading 8542
Electronic integrated circuits
8 codes
Heading 8543
Electrical machines and apparatus; having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
11 codes
Heading 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
9 codes
Heading 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
7 codes
Heading 8546
Electrical insulators of any material
3 codes
Heading 8547
Insulating fittings; for electrical machines, appliances, equipment, excluding insulators of heading no. 8546, electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore
3 codes
Heading 8548
Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus; not specified or elsewhere included in this chapter
1 codes
Heading 8549
Electrical and electronic waste and scrap
11 codes
Recorded imports
Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 186,023,462,602 (126,853,847 kg) under this chapter, across 387 of its 412 tariff lines. The remaining 25 recorded no commercial import in that window.
NBR's import statements also record 11 codes under this chapter that the published Operative Tariff 2026-2027 does not list (85111000, 85112090, 85114090, 85171290, 85177000, 85258090, and others). Those figures are included in the totals above but have no tariff page here, because there is no published rate to show.
| Month | Lines with imports | Net weight | Assessable value |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 354 | 22,468,115 kg | BDT 31,006,459,426 |
| January 2026 | 348 | 22,823,121 kg | BDT 31,785,949,458 |
| February 2026 | 351 | 18,226,845 kg | BDT 28,106,033,943 |
| March 2026 | 342 | 19,703,422 kg | BDT 30,333,643,321 |
| April 2026 | 344 | 23,530,892 kg | BDT 34,460,038,446 |
| May 2026 | 347 | 20,101,452 kg | BDT 30,331,338,008 |
The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:
- 85022000 — Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines — BDT 6,954,277,113
- 85423990 — Electronic integrated circuits,nes — BDT 3,594,163,767
- 85372000 — Boards...Equipped With Two/More Apparatus Of 85.35/85.36, Voltage > 1000v — BDT 2,880,308,514
- 85414300 — Photovoltaic cells assembled in modules or made up into panels — BDT 1,187,361,567
- 85176100 — Other apparatus for transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including base stations). — BDT 1,171,591,413
Bonded imports. A further BDT 25,187,982,785 (5,191,305 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 11.9% of the total value imported under this chapter.
Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.