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

HS 8548Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter

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
10%
1 tariff item
GST now
18%
or 5% for some goods
Import policy
Restricted
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
0%
On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this heading

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

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
8548 00 00Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter10%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 1 tariff items: 10%. 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

  • Restricted: 1 tariff item

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%.
  • Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 437Following 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 service5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 387Parts 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 pumps18%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 473E-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 consumer18%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 639Goods which are not specified in Schedule I, III, IV , V , VI or VII18%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 202518%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 20255% 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 itemGoodsRateCap
8548Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter1.5%—

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: 1 tariff item

China: the same goods (8548)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 1 in force and 7 expired under 8548. 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
8548.00.00.30Touch-sensitive data input devices without display capabilities, for mounting in equipment incorporating a display, operating by detecting the occurrence and position of touch actions within the display area. Touch sensing may be by resistive, electrostatic capacitance, acoustic pulse recognition, infrared light or other touch-sensing technologies触摸感应数据输入装置无显示的性能,安装于有显示屏的设备中,通过检测显示区域内触摸动作的发生及位置进行工作。触摸感应可通过电阻、静电电容、声学脉冲识别、红外光或其他触摸感应技术来获得0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%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.

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

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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.