Subheading · Chapter 85 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances
HS 8501 31Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets): of an output not exceeding 750 w
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
- Customs duty
- 15%
- 5 tariff items
- GST now
- 18%
- or 5% for some goods
- Import policy
- Free
- Export policy
- Free
- Unit
- units
- Duty in China
- 12%
- On Indian goods
Codes under this subheading
5 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8501 31 11 | Micro motor | 15% | 18% | units |
| 8501 31 12 | Stepper motor | 15% | 18% | units |
| 8501 31 13 | Wiper motor | 15% | 18% | units |
| 8501 31 19 | Other | 15% | 18% | units |
| 8501 31 20 | DC generators | 15% | 18% | units |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 5 tariff items: 15%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty
None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 5 tariff items
GST
IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.
- Now 18%, or 5% for some goods.
- Until 21 September 2025 18%, or 12% for some goods.
- Change: Unchanged.
The rules that set it now
| Notification | Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 474 | Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 437 | Following renewable energy devices and parts for their manufacture:- (a) Bio-gas plant; (b) Solar power-based devices; (c) Solar power generator; (d) Wind mills, Wind Operated Electricity Generator (WOEG); (e) Waste to energy plants / devices; (f) Solar lantern / solar lamp; (g) Ocean waves/tidal waves energy devices/plants; (h) Photo voltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels. Explanation:- If the goods specified in this entry are supplied, by a supplier, along with supplies of other goods and services, one of which being a taxable service specified in the entry at S. No. 38 of the Table mentioned in the notification No. 8/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate), dated 28th June, 2017 [G.S.R. 683(E)], the value of supply of goods for the purposes of this entry shall be deemed as seventy per cent. of the gross consideration charged for all such supplies, and the remaining thirty per cent. of the gross consideration charged shall be deemed as value of the said taxable service | 5% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 387 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with power driven pumps primarily designed for handling water, namely, centrifugal pumps (horizontal and vertical), deep tube-well turbine pumps, submersible pumps, axial flow and mixed flow vertical pumps | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 473 | E-waste Explanation.- For the purpose of this entry, E-waste means electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I of the E- Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 (published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 338 (E) dated the 23rd March, 2016), whole or in part if discarded as waste by the consumer or bulk consumer | 18% |
History
| Period | Rate | Notification |
|---|---|---|
| Until 21 Sep 2025 | 12% or 18% | 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) |
| From 22 Sep 2025 | 5% or 18% | 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) |
Exporting from India
Export duty
Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.
Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)
| Drawback item | Goods | Rate | Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8501 | Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) | 1.7% | — |
Drawback items follow the 4-digit heading, not the 8-digit code: claim the one that describes your goods. Rates of notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) as amended, in force on 19 Oct 2026.
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 5 tariff items
What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 8501 31, and China's below.
China: the same goods (8501 31)
China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force and 1 expired under 8501 31. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.
| China code | Goods | Duty on Indian goods | MFN | Import VAT | Export rebate | Licences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8501.31.00.10 | Fuel cells, of an output not exceeding 750W输出功率≤750瓦的燃料电池 | 12%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 12% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8501.31.00.90 | Other DC motors and generators, of an output <= 750 W其他输出功率≤750瓦的直流电动机、发电机 | 12%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 12% | 13% | 13% | L |
- India is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). With an APTA certificate of origin, Indian goods pay China's APTA rate where the line has one; China applies the lower of that and its provisional rate.
- The export VAT rebate is what China refunds its own exporters. When China cuts it, Chinese export prices tend to rise.
Every Chinese code in full
8501.31.00DC motors and DC generators, of an output not exceeding 750 W
8501.31.00.10Fuel cells, of an output not exceeding 750W输出功率≤750瓦的燃料电池
- Unit
- unit / kg
- MFN import duty
- 12%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 35%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- 0%
- Export duty
- 0%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 13%
- Updated by China
- 2 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
None.
Inspection and quarantine
None.
What the customs declaration must state
- 0.Brand type品牌类型
- 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
- 2.DC是否为直流
- 3.Output power输出功率
- 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
- 5.Model型号
- 6.GTIN
- 7.CAS
- 8.Other其他
8501.31.00.90Other DC motors and generators, of an output <= 750 W其他输出功率≤750瓦的直流电动机、发电机
Excluding photovoltaic generators不包括光伏发电机
- Unit
- unit / kg
- MFN import duty
- 12%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 35%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- 0%
- Export duty
- 0%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 13%
- Updated by China
- 2 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
None.
Inspection and quarantine
- LCivil commodities inbound verification (CCC)民用商品入境验证
What the customs declaration must state
- 0.Brand type品牌类型
- 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
- 2.DC是否为直流
- 3.Output power输出功率
- 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
- 5.Model型号
- 6.GTIN
- 7.CAS
- 8.Other其他
8501.31.00.00Other DC motors and generators, of an output <= 750 W其他输出功率≤750瓦的直流电动机、发电机Expired
Excluding photovoltaic generators不包括光伏发电机
- Unit
- unit / kg
- MFN import duty
- 12%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 35%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- 0%
- Export duty
- 0%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 13%
- Updated by China
- 2 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
None.
Inspection and quarantine
- LCivil commodities inbound verification (CCC)民用商品入境验证
What the customs declaration must state
- 0.Brand type品牌类型
- 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
- 2.DC是否为直流
- 3.Output power输出功率
- 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
- 5.Model型号
- 6.GTIN
- 7.CAS
- 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
- ASEAN
- 0%
- Chile
- 0%
- Pakistan
- 4.8%
- New Zealand
- 0%
- Peru
- 0%
- Costa Rica
- 0%
- Switzerland
- 0%
- Iceland
- 0%
- Australia
- 0%
- South Korea
- 7.8%
- Georgia
- 0%
- Mauritius
- 0%
- Maldives
- 0%
- Cambodia
- 0%
- Nicaragua
- 9.6%
- Ecuador
- 9.9%
- Serbia
- 4.8%
- Hong Kong
- 0%
- Macao
- 0%
- Asia-Pacific (APTA)
- 7.8%
RCEP rates
- Australia
- 5%
- Brunei
- 5%
- Cambodia
- 5%
- South Korea
- 6%
- Laos
- 5%
- Malaysia
- 5%
- New Zealand
- 5%
- Singapore
- 5%
- Thailand
- 5%
- Vietnam
- 5%
- Japan
- 6%
- Indonesia
- 5%
- Philippines
- 5%
- Myanmar
- 5%
CIQ codes
- 8501310000101Other DC motors and generators, output power ≤ 750W (excluding photovoltaic generators) (micromotors)其他输出功率≤750瓦的直流电动机、发电机(不包括光伏发电机)(微电机)
- 8501310000102Other DC motors and generators, of an output ≤ 750 W (excluding photovoltaic generators) (DC motors)其他输出功率≤750瓦的直流电动机、发电机(不包括光伏发电机)(直流电动机)
- 8501310000103Other DC motors and generators, of an output <= 750 W (excluding photovoltaic generators) (other generators (sets) and parts thereof)其他输出功率≤750瓦的直流电动机、发电机(不包括光伏发电机)(其它发电机(组)及其零件)
China's tariff as compiled by HS编码网 from China Customs, the State Council Tariff Commission and the State Taxation Administration. The Chinese is the original.
Nearby codes
Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- GST rates on goods, before and after 22 September 2025Checked 18 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
- India's All Industry Rates of duty drawback (notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.))Checked 19 Oct 2026
- China customs tariff (HS编码网)Checked 19 Oct 2026
For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.