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HS 2022 subheading

HS code 8536.49: Relays

HS code 8536.49 covers: Electrical apparatus; relays, for a voltage exceeding 60 volts. It is a subheading of heading 8536, in chapter 85.

Where 8536.49 sits in the tariff

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. Countries and regions add their own digits after them.

  1. Chapter

    85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles

  2. Heading

    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

  3. Subheading

    8536.49 Electrical apparatus; relays, for a voltage exceeding 60 volts

Other subheadings under heading 8536

How tariffs divide 8536.49 further

National and regional tariffs add digits after the six shared ones, splitting this subheading into more specific lines. The tables list every line we hold for 8536.49 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union1
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States5
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom4
India ITC-HS (8-digit)India1
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule1
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community1
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur1
Turkey GTIPTürkiye6
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt1
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa1
Lines in total22

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 1 line

CodeDescription
8536 49 00Relays – Other

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 5 lines

CodeDescription
8536 49 00 50Relays – Other – With contacts rated at less than 10 A – Electromechanical
8536 49 00 55Relays – Other – With contacts rated at less than 10 A – Other
8536 49 00 65Relays – Other – Other – Contactors
8536 49 00 75Relays – Other – Other – Other – Electromechanical
8536 49 00 80Relays – Other – Other – Other – Other

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 4 lines

CodeDescription
8536 49 00 10Relays – Other – For use in certain types of aircraft
8536 49 00 40Relays – Other – Other – Photoelectric (so called photovoltaic) relay consisting of two GaAlAs light-emitting diodes, two galvanically isolated input circuits with photovoltaic generator(s) and four power MOSFET output switches in a casing with connections for a voltage of more than 60 volts
8536 49 00 60Relays – Other – Other – Relay in the shape of a cube with:-a coil operating voltage of 12 VDC (Voltage Direct Current) or more, but not more than 24 VDC (Voltage Direct Current),-a contact current carrying capacity of 5A or more, but not more than 15A,-a contact voltage of 80 VAC (Voltage Alternating Current) or more, but not more than 270 VAC (Voltage Alternating Current),-outer dimensions of 19 mm (± 0,4 mm) x 15,2 mm (± 0,4 mm) x 15,5 mm (± 0,4 mm),for use in the production of control board of household appliances
8536 49 00 99Relays – Other – Other – Other

India ITC-HS (8-digit)

India — 1 line

CodeDescription
8536 49 00Other

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 1 line

CodeDescription
8536 49 00 00 00Relays for a voltage exceeding 60 v but not exceeding 1000 volts.

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 1 line

CodeDescription
8536 49 00Relays – Other

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8536 49 00Relays: – Other

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 6 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8536 49 00 00 11Relays: – Other – Contactors, for rated current not exceeding 170 A (rated power AC 3, 90 kW at 380 V)
8536 49 00 00 12Relays: – Other – Contactors having a rated current exceeding 170 A (rated power AC 3, 90 kW at 380 V)
8536 49 00 00 13Relays: – Other – Overcurrent thermal relays
8536 49 00 00 14Relays: – Other – Time relays with synchronous motors
8536 49 00 00 19Relays: – Other – Other time relays
8536 49 00 00 29Relays: – Other – Other

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8536 49 00 00Other relays for a voltage exceeding 60 V

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8536 49 00 00Relays – Other

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  • WCO
  • UN Comtrade
  • Eurostat
  • USITC
  • UK HMRC / DBT
  • State Council Tariff Commission (CN)
  • CBIC (India)
  • Dubai Customs
  • Siscomex (Brazil)
  • Resmî Gazete (Türkiye)
  • Egyptian Customs
  • ECOWAS
  • EAC
  • World Bank WITS
  • UNCTAD TRAINS
  • AfCFTA Secretariat
  • Eurasian Economic Commission
  • CEPII

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