Subheading · Chapter 85 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances

HS 8503 00Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502

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: 7.5%; 4 tariff items
GST now: 18%; or 5% for some goods
Import policy: Free
Export policy: Free
Unit: units
Duty in China: 1% to 5.2%; On Indian goods

Search codes Duty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

4 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
Code	Description	Customs duty	GST now	Unit
8503 00 10	Parts of generator (AC or DC)	7.5%	18%	units
8503 00 21	Of DC motor	7.5%	18%	units
8503 00 29	Other	7.5%	18%	units
8503 00 90	Other	7.5%	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 4 tariff items: 7.5%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 20 Oct 2026. 2 earlier measures have ended.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items

Free: 4 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

GST rate rules in force
Notification	Goods	Rate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 476	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502	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

GST rate 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)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback item	Goods	Rate	Cap
8503	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502	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 20 Oct 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

Free: 4 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 8503 00, and China's below.

China: the same goods (8503 00)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 8 in force under 8503 00. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.

China's tariff for these goods
China code	Goods	Duty on Indian goods	MFN	Import VAT	Export rebate	Licences
8503.00.10.00	Parts of electric motors and micromotors for toys玩具用电动机等微电动机零件	5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin	8%	13%	13%	None
8503.00.20.00	PARTS OF AC GENERATORS, OUTPUT > 350 MVA输出功率>350MVA交流发电机零件	2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin	3%	13%	13%	None
8503.00.30.00	Parts of wind power generating equipment风力发电设备的零件	1%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN	3%	13%	13%	None
8503.00.90.10	Electric motor stators电动机定子	5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin	8%	13%	13%	3
8503.00.90.20	Parts of AC generators with an output exceeding 750 kVA but not exceeding 350 MVA, driven by boilers and turbine units using renewable fuels由使用可再生燃料锅炉和涡轮机组驱动的输出功率超过750千伏安不超过350兆伏安的交流发电机的零件	5%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN	8%	13%	13%	None
8503.00.90.30	PARTS OF GENERATING SETS PRODUCING ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY靠可再生能源生产电力发电机组的零件	5%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN	8%	13%	13%	None
8503.00.90.40	Stators for AC generators for aircraft engines飞机发动机用交流发电机定子	1%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN	8%	13%	13%	None
8503.00.90.90	Other parts of electric motors, generators or generating sets其他电动机、发电机(组)零件	5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin	8%	13%	13%	None

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

8503.00.10Parts of electric motors and micromotors for toys

8503.00.10.00Parts of electric motors and micromotors for toys玩具用电动机等微电动机零件

Parts of motors listed in subheadings 85011010 and 85011091编号85011010及85011091所列电动机零件

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 70%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 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.Application (for XX brand XX machine or universal for XX machine, etc.)用途(适用于XX品牌XX机或通用于XX机等)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.8%
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: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 5%
Brunei: 5%
Cambodia: 5%
Laos: 5%
Malaysia: 5%
New Zealand: 5%
Singapore: 5%
Thailand: 5%
Vietnam: 5%
Indonesia: 5%
Philippines: 5%
Myanmar: 5%

CIQ codes

8503001000999Parts of micromotors for toys (parts of motors specified in heading 85011010 and 85011091)玩具用电动机等微电动机零件(编号85011010及85011091所列电动机零件)

8503.00.20Parts for AC generators, output > 350MVA

8503.00.20.00PARTS OF AC GENERATORS, OUTPUT > 350 MVA输出功率>350MVA交流发电机零件

Parts of generators listed in subheadings 85016420 and 85016430编号85016420及85016430所列发电机零件

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 3%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 11%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 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.USE (TYPE AND OUTPUT POWER OF APPLICABLE COMPLETE MACHINE)用途(所适用整机的类型及输出功率)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 0%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 0%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 1.5%
Brunei: 1.5%
Cambodia: 1.5%
South Korea: 1.5%
Laos: 1.5%
Malaysia: 1.5%
New Zealand: 1.8%
Singapore: 1.5%
Thailand: 1.5%
Vietnam: 1.5%
Japan: 1.6%
Indonesia: 1.5%
Philippines: 1.5%
Myanmar: 1.5%

CIQ codes

8503002000999Parts of AC generators with an output exceeding 350 MVA (parts of generators listed in 85016420 and 85016430)输出功率>350MVA交流发电机零件(编号85016420及85016430所列发电机零件)

8503.00.30Parts of generating sets of subheading 8502.31

8503.00.30.00Parts of wind power generating equipment风力发电设备的零件

PARTS OF GENERATING SETS OF HEADING 85023100编号85023100所列发电机组零件

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 3%
Provisional import duty: 1%
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 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.Application (for XX brand XX machine or universal for XX machine, etc.)用途(适用于XX品牌XX机或通用于XX机等)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 0%
Ecuador: 0%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 2.5%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 0%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

8503003000999Parts of wind power generating sets (parts of generating sets listed in heading 85023100)风力发电设备的零件(编号85023100所列发电机组零件)

8503.00.90Other parts solely or principally used with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502

8503.00.90.10Electric motor stators电动机定子

For use in vacuum at frequencies 600-2000 Hz and power 50-1000VA用于真空中频率6002000 Hz、功率501000VA条件下

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 2026

Licences and certificates

3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证

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.USE (TYPE AND OUTPUT POWER OF APPLICABLE COMPLETE MACHINE)用途(所适用整机的类型及输出功率)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.5%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 3.2%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 5.5%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

8503009010999Stators for electric motors (for use in vacuum at frequencies 600-2000 Hz, power 50-1000 VA)电动机定子(用于真空中频率600-2000Hz、功率50-1000VA条件下)

8503.00.90.20Parts of AC generators with an output exceeding 750 kVA but not exceeding 350 MVA, driven by boilers and turbine units using renewable fuels由使用可再生燃料锅炉和涡轮机组驱动的输出功率超过750千伏安不超过350兆伏安的交流发电机的零件

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: 5%
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 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.USE (TYPE AND OUTPUT POWER OF APPLICABLE COMPLETE MACHINE)用途(所适用整机的类型及输出功率)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.5%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 3.2%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 5.5%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

8503009020999Parts of AC generators with an output exceeding 750 kVA but not exceeding 350 MVA, driven by boilers and turbine units using renewable fuels由使用可再生燃料锅炉和涡轮机组驱动的输出功率超过750千伏安不超过350兆伏安的交流发电机的零件

8503.00.90.30PARTS OF GENERATING SETS PRODUCING ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY靠可再生能源生产电力发电机组的零件

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: 5%
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 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.USE (TYPE AND OUTPUT POWER OF APPLICABLE COMPLETE MACHINE)用途(所适用整机的类型及输出功率)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.5%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 3.2%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 5.5%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

8503009030999Parts of electricity generating sets powered by renewable energy (solar, small hydro, tidal, biogas, geothermal, biomass/waste heat driven steam turbines)靠可再生能源(太阳能、小水电、潮汐、沼气、地热能、生物质/余热驱动的汽轮机)生产电力发电机组的零件

8503.00.90.40Stators for AC generators for aircraft engines飞机发动机用交流发电机定子

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: 1%
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 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.USE (TYPE AND OUTPUT POWER OF APPLICABLE COMPLETE MACHINE)用途(所适用整机的类型及输出功率)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.5%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 3.2%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 5.5%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

8503009040999Stators for AC generators for aircraft engines飞机发动机用交流发电机定子

8503.00.90.90Other parts of electric motors, generators or generating sets其他电动机、发电机(组)零件

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 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.USE (TYPE AND OUTPUT POWER OF APPLICABLE COMPLETE MACHINE)用途(所适用整机的类型及输出功率)
3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
4.Model型号
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 1.5%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 3.2%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 5.5%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

8503009090999Other parts of electric motors, generators or generating sets其他电动机、发电机(组)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

Previous8502 39Other One level up8503Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502 Next8504 10Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes

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

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