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Tariff item · Chapter 85 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances

HS 8544 30 00Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships

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 › Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial 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

Customs duty
15%
Tariff rate
GST now
18%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
metres
Duty in China
5% to 10%
On Indian goods
Landed costSearch codesDuty abroadRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Importing into India

What customs charges, what trade agreements take off, and the rules the goods must meet.

Customs duty

Customs duty on imports into India
DutyRateCharged on
Basic customs duty (BCD), MFN rate15%Assessable value
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)NilAssessable value11/2021-Customs, S.No. 17
Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS)10% of BCD, AIDC and Health CessBCD + AIDC
Integrated GST (IGST)18%Assessable value + BCD + AIDC + SWS

Lower duty under trade agreements

Lower customs duty under India's trade agreements
AgreementCustoms dutyGoods from
Duty-free tariff preference for LDCs0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Cambodia, Comoros, Laos, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Togo, Timor-Leste, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
India–Japan CEPA0%Japan
India–Sri Lanka FTA0%Sri Lanka
SAFTA0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–UAE CEPA3%United Arab Emirates
SAFTA5%Sri Lanka
SAPTA7.5%Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs12%Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
India–Oman CEPA20/2026-Customs12%Oman
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs12%United Kingdom

Goods from Pakistan pay 200%.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

  • Free.
Notes on these rates
  • BCD is the statutory tariff rate from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal. Exemption notifications (such as 45/2025-Customs) and tariff changes made after the snapshot, including the Finance Act 2026 changes from 1 May 2026, are not applied.
  • IGST comes from our archived GST table, which still has the 12% and 28% slabs, so it may pre-date the GST rate changes of 22 September 2025. Check the current rate.
  • AIDC, Health Cess and the SWS exemptions are read from notifications 11/2021-Customs, 08/2020-Customs and 11/2018-Customs as amended (to 16/2026-Customs), and the notifications that lower AIDC for a while. SWS is 10% of BCD, AIDC and Health Cess together (Finance Act 2018, s.110), never of anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty or IGST.
  • AIDC is Nil (S.No. 17 of 11/2021-Customs, which exempts all goods it does not name).
  • Not included: GST compensation cess, anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties, and exemptions or concessions such as end-use, EOU/SEZ or project imports.
  • This does not check whether the import is allowed (DGFT import policy, licences, quality-control orders). The HS code explorer shows the import policy.
  • This is an estimate, not an assessment. Confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE's duty calculator before you price a deal.

GST

IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.

  • Now 18%.
  • Until 21 September 2025 18%.
  • Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 516Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial 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 connectors18%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 202518%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 202518%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 itemGoodsRateCap
8544Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co- axial 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——
854401Optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors1%—
854499Others1.7%—

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 incentives (RoDTEP and RoSCTL)

  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4R (exports from the domestic tariff area): 0.7% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.
  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): 0.4% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2)

  • Free.

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 8544 30, and China's below.

China: the same goods (8544 30)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force and 2 expired under 8544 30. 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 codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
8544.30.20.00Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for motor vehicles机动车辆用点火布线组及其他布线组10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%13%13%None
8544.30.90.00Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets其他用点火布线组及其他用布线组5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)5%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

8544.30.20Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for motor vehicles

8544.30.20.00Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for motor vehicles机动车辆用点火布线组及其他布线组
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
10%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
20%
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用途
  • 3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 4.Model型号
  • 5.Rated voltage额定电压
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
5%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
8%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
2%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
8.2%
Serbia
4%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
8.8%
Brunei
5%
Cambodia
5%
Laos
5%
Malaysia
5%
New Zealand
9%
Singapore
5%
Thailand
5%
Vietnam
5%
Japan
5.5%
Indonesia
5%
Philippines
5%
Myanmar
5%
CIQ codes
  • 8544302000999Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for motor vehicles机动车辆用点火布线组及其他布线组
8544.30.20.01Wiring harnesses for electronically controlled diesel engines for vehicles车辆用电控柴油机的线束Expired
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
10%
Provisional import duty
5%
General import duty
20%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
1 Jan 2025
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用途
  • 3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 4.Model型号
  • 5.Rated voltage额定电压
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
5%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
8%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
4.6%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
9.8%
Brunei
9%
Cambodia
9%
Laos
9%
Malaysia
9%
New Zealand
9.8%
Singapore
9%
Thailand
9%
Vietnam
9%
Japan
9.1%
CIQ codes
  • 8544302001999Wiring harnesses for electronically controlled diesel engines for vehicles车辆用电控柴油机的线束
8544.30.20.90Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for motor vehicles机动车辆用其他点火布线组及其他布线组Expired
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
10%
Provisional import duty
0%
General import duty
20%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
1 Jan 2025
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用途
  • 3.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 4.Model型号
  • 5.Rated voltage额定电压
  • 6.GTIN
  • 7.CAS
  • 8.Other其他
RCEP rates
Australia
9.8%
Brunei
9%
Cambodia
9%
Laos
9%
Malaysia
9%
New Zealand
9.8%
Singapore
9%
Thailand
9%
Vietnam
9%
Japan
9.1%
CIQ codes
  • 8544302090999Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for motor vehicles机动车辆用其他点火布线组及其他布线组

8544.30.90Other wiring sets for vehicles, aircraft or ships, and other wiring sets

8544.30.90.00Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets其他用点火布线组及其他用布线组
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
5%
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.Use用途
  • 3.Structural type (with joints, etc.)结构类型(有接头等)
  • 4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 5.Model型号
  • 6.Rated voltage额定电压
  • 7.GTIN
  • 8.CAS
  • 9.Other其他
China's agreement rates
Chile
0%
Pakistan
4%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
1%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
2%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
CIQ codes
  • 8544309000101Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for other uses (stranded wire)其他用点火布线组及其他用布线组(绞股线)
  • 8544309000102Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets (electric wire)其他用点火布线组及其他用布线组(电线)
  • 8544309000103Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for other uses (cables)其他用点火布线组及其他用布线组(电缆)
  • 8544309000104Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets (other electric wires and cables)其他用点火布线组及其他用布线组(其它电线电缆)

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

Previous8544 20 90OtherOne level up8544Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial 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 withNext8544 42 10Paper insulated

Sources

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.