Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537
HS v2017 Code: 8538
About electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537
hs code 8538 covers a wide range of electrical apparatus and components that are essential for the proper functioning of various electrical systems and devices. These parts are primarily used in conjunction with the equipment classified under hs codes 8535, 8536, and 8537, which include switchgear, control panels, and electrical control or distribution boards. The 8538 industry plays a crucial role in supporting the broader electrical and electronics sectors, enabling the development and maintenance of critical infrastructure, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.
Production process
The production of parts covered under hs code 8538 typically involves a range of manufacturing processes, including metal stamping, injection molding, and precision machining. Manufacturers may also utilize advanced techniques such as 3D printing and automated assembly lines to enhance efficiency and product quality. Quality control measures, such as rigorous testing and inspection, are essential to ensure the reliability and safety of these electrical components.
Production inputs
The main inputs required for the 8538 industry include a variety of raw materials, such as metals (e.g., steel, aluminum, copper), plastics, and electronic components (e.g., circuit boards, connectors, sensors). Specialized machinery and tools, such as CNC machines, injection molding equipment, and testing equipment, are also crucial inputs for this industry. Additionally, skilled labor, including engineers, technicians, and production workers, is necessary to design, manufacture, and assemble the diverse range of electrical parts and components.
Production outputs
The primary outputs of the 8538 industry are the various electrical parts and components that are used in a wide range of applications, including 8535 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits , 8536 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits , and 8537 Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading no. 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity. These parts and components are essential for the proper functioning and maintenance of electrical systems, enabling the development and deployment of advanced technologies across various industries, such as manufacturing, transportation, and infrastructure.
Family tree for electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537
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A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/85'>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</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8538'>8538: Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537</a>"]
A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8501'>8501: Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8502'>8502: Electric generating sets and rotary converters</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8503'>8503: Electric motors and generators; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8504'>8504: Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8505'>8505: Electro-magnets; permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets; electro-magnetic, permanent magnet chucks, clamps, similar; electromagnetic couplings, clutches, brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8506'>8506: Cells and batteries; primary</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8507'>8507: Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8508'>8508: Vacuum cleaners</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8509'>8509: Electro-mechanical domestic appliances; with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08.</a>"]
A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8510'>8510: Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor</a>"]
A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8511'>8511: Ignition or starting equipment; used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines; generators and cut outs used in conjunction with such engines</a>"]
A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8512'>8512: Lighting or visual signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading no. 8539), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters; electrical, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles</a>"]
A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8513'>8513: Lamps; portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy (e.g. dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), excluding lighting equipment of heading no. 8512</a>"]
A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8514'>8514: Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those functioning by induction or dielectric loss); other industrial or laboratory equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss</a>"]
A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8515'>8515: Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering, brazing, welding machines and apparatus, capable or not of cutting, electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or sintered carbides</a>"]
A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8516'>8516: Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; hand dryers, irons; electro-thermic appliances for domestic purposes; electro heating resistors, not of heading no. 8545</a>"]
A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8517'>8517: Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data (including wired/wireless networks), excluding items of 8443, 8525, 8527, or 8528</a>"]
A --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8518'>8518: Microphones and their stands; loudspeakers, mounted or not in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, combined or not with a microphone, and sets of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio frequency and electric sound amplifiers and sets</a>"]
A --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8519'>8519: Sound recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8521'>8521: Video recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8522'>8522: Sound or video recording apparatus; parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521</a>"]
A --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8523'>8523: Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including matrices and masters for the production of discs, excluding products of Chapter 37</a>"]
A --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8525'>8525: Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders</a>"]
A --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8526'>8526: Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus</a>"]
A --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8527'>8527: Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock.</a>"]
A --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8528'>8528: Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8529'>8529: Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528</a>"]
A --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8530'>8530: Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608</a>"]
A --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8531'>8531: Signalling apparatus; electric sound or visual (e.g. bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), excluding those of heading no. 8512 or 8530</a>"]
A --> BF["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8532'>8532: Electrical capacitors; fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)</a>"]
A --> BG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8533'>8533: Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), excluding heating resistors</a>"]
A --> BH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8534'>8534: Circuits; printed</a>"]
A --> BI["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8535'>8535: Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits; for a voltage exceeding 1000 volts</a>"]
A --> BJ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8536'>8536: Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables</a>"]
A --> BK["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8537'>8537: Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 for electricity control and distribution, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517)</a>"]
A --> BL["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8539'>8539: Lamps; electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) lamps</a>"]
A --> BM["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8540'>8540: Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g. vacuum, vapour, gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode-ray and television camera tubes)</a>"]
A --> BN["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8541'>8541: Diodes, transistors, similar semiconductor devices; including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED), mounted piezo-electric crystals</a>"]
A --> BO["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8542'>8542: Electronic integrated circuits</a>"]
A --> BP["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8543'>8543: Electrical machines and apparatus; having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter</a>"]
A --> BQ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8544'>8544: Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not; optical fibre cables of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors</a>"]
A --> BR["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8545'>8545: Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon; with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes</a>"]
A --> BS["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8546'>8546: Electrical insulators of any material</a>"]
A --> BT["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8547'>8547: Insulating fittings; for electrical machines, appliances, equipment, excluding insulators of heading no. 8546, electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore</a>"]
A --> BU["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/8548'>8548: Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, n.e.c. or included elsewhere in chapter 85</a>"]
B --> BV["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/853810'>853810: Electrical apparatus; parts (e.g. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, other bases), for goods of heading no. 8537, not equipped with their apparatus</a>"]
B --> BW["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2017/853890'>853890: Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537</a>"]
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