Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608

HS v2022 Code: 8530

About signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608

HS code 8530 covers a wide range of signalling, safety, and traffic control equipment used across various transportation and infrastructure sectors. These systems play a crucial role in ensuring the safe and efficient movement of people and goods, making them an integral part of the broader transportation and logistics industry. The equipment covered under this code is essential for maintaining the smooth operation of railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, and airfields, contributing to the overall functioning of the global economy.

Production process

The production of signalling, safety, and traffic control equipment under HS code 8530 typically involves a combination of mechanical, electrical, and electronic engineering techniques. Manufacturers may utilize advanced manufacturing processes, such as precision machining, circuit board assembly, and software development, to create the various components and integrate them into complete systems. Quality control and testing procedures are also essential to ensure the reliability and performance of these critical infrastructure systems.

Production inputs

The main inputs required for the production of HS code 8530 equipment include a variety of raw materials, such as metals, plastics, and electronic components. Specialized machinery and tools, as well as skilled labor in fields like electrical engineering and software development, are also necessary for the manufacturing process. Additionally, the industry relies on a robust supply chain of components and sub-assemblies to efficiently produce the final products.

Production outputs

The primary outputs of HS code 8530 are signalling, safety, and traffic control systems for various transportation and infrastructure applications. These systems may include traffic lights, railway signals, navigation aids, and other specialized equipment. The outputs of this industry are often consumed by 8608 (Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing), as well as other transportation and infrastructure sectors that require reliable and efficient signalling and control systems.

Family tree for signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations, airfields, excluding those of heading no. 8608

    graph LR
    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/85'>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/v2022/8530'>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 --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8501'>8501: Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8502'>8502: Electric generating sets and rotary converters</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8503'>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/v2022/8504'>8504: Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8505'>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/v2022/8506'>8506: Cells and batteries; primary</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8507'>8507: Electric accumulators, including separators therefor; whether or not rectangular (including square)</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8508'>8508: Vacuum cleaners</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8509'>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/v2022/8510'>8510: Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor</a>"]
A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8511'>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/v2022/8512'>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/v2022/8513'>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/v2022/8514'>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/v2022/8515'>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/v2022/8516'>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/v2022/8517'>8517: Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for cellular/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/v2022/8518'>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/v2022/8519'>8519: Sound recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8521'>8521: Video recording or reproducing apparatus</a>"]
A --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8522'>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/v2022/8523'>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/v2022/8524'>8524: Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens</a>"]
A --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8525'>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 --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8526'>8526: Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus</a>"]
A --> BB["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8527'>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 --> BC["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8528'>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 --> BD["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8529'>8529: Transmission apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8524 to 8528</a>"]
A --> BE["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8531'>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/v2022/8532'>8532: Electrical capacitors; fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)</a>"]
A --> BG["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8533'>8533: Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), excluding heating resistors</a>"]
A --> BH["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8534'>8534: Circuits; printed</a>"]
A --> BI["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8535'>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/v2022/8536'>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/v2022/8537'>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/v2022/8538'>8538: Electrical apparatus; parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 and 8537</a>"]
A --> BM["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8539'>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) light sources</a>"]
A --> BN["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8540'>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 --> BO["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8541'>8541: Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based transducers); including photovoltaic cells assembled or not in modules or panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) assembled with other LEDs or not, mounted piezo-electric crystals</a>"]
A --> BP["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8542'>8542: Electronic integrated circuits</a>"]
A --> BQ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8543'>8543: Electrical machines and apparatus; having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter</a>"]
A --> BR["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8544'>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 --> BS["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8545'>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 --> BT["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8546'>8546: Electrical insulators of any material</a>"]
A --> BU["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8547'>8547: Insulating fittings; for electrical machines, appliances, equipment, excluding insulators of heading no. 8546, electrical conduit tubing and joints therefore</a>"]
A --> BV["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8548'>8548: Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus; not specified or elsewhere included in this chapter</a>"]
A --> BW["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/8549'>8549: Electrical and electronic waste and scrap</a>"]

    B --> BX["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/853010'>853010: Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for railways or tramways (excluding those of heading no. 8608)</a>"]
B --> BY["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/853080'>853080: Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment; for roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (excluding those of heading no. 8608)</a>"]
B --> BZ["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/853090'>853090: Signalling apparatus; parts of safety, traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, airfields, parking facilities, port instalments (excluding those of heading no. 8608)</a>"]


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