8504 — Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors

Description

Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors

Subheadings

• 850410Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes
• 850421Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kVA
• 850422Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 10000 kVA
• 850423Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10000 kVA
• 850431Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA
• 850432Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVA
• 850433Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA
• 850434Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA
• 850440Static converters
• 850450Other inductors
• 850490Parts

Common questions

What is HS code 8504?

Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors

What does 8504 include?

It covers 11 subheadings: Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes, Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kVA, Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 10000 kVA, Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10000 kVA, Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA, Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVA, Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA, Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA, Static converters, Other inductors, Parts.

Other headings in Chapter 85

• 8501Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)
• 8502Electric generating sets and rotary converters
• 8503Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502
• 8505Electromagnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation; electromagnetic or permanent magnet chucks, clamps and similar holding devices; electromagnetic couplings, clutches and brakes; electromagnetic lifting heads
• 8506Primary cells and primary batteries
• 8507Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square)
• 8508Vacuum cleaners
• 8509Electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 8508
• 8510Shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor
• 8511Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines
• 8512Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles
• 8513Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for example, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), other than lighting equipment of heading 8512
• 8514Industrial 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
• 8515Electric (including 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 or cermets
• 8516Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space-heating apparatus and soil-heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hairdryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric smoothing irons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545
• 8517Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528
• 8518Microphones and stands therefor; 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; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets
• 8519Sound recording or sound reproducing apparatus
• 8521Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner
• 8522Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521
• 8523Discs, 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, but excluding products of Chapter 37
• 8524Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens
• 8525Transmission 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
• 8526Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus
• 8527Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock
• 8528Monitors 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
• 8529Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8524 to 8528
• 8530Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of heading 8608)
• 8531Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530
• 8532Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)
• 8533Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors
• 8534Printed circuits
• 8535Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1000 V
• 8536Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 V; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
• 8537Boards, 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, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517
• 8538Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537
• 8539Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources
• 8540Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes, television camera tubes)
• 8541Semiconductor devices (for example, diodes, transistors, semiconductor-based transducers); photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (LED), whether or not assembled with other light-emitting diodes (LED); mounted piezo-electric crystals
• 8542Electronic integrated circuits
• 8543Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
• 8544Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including 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
• 8545Carbon 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
• 8546Electrical insulators of any material
• 8547Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal (for example, 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
• 8548Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
• 8549Electrical and electronic waste and scrap