Classification
Where HSN 8543 70 93 Sits
Use the eight-digit code on the bill of entry, the shipping bill and, where your turnover requires it, on the GST invoice. The first four digits are the heading; the last four narrow it to this line.
- 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
- Heading
- 8543 · Electrical machines and apparatus having individual functions, not specified or including elsewhere in this chapter
- Group
- Other
- Tariff item
- 8543 70 93 · Professional beauty care equipment
- Unit
- u
GST
GST Rate on HSN 8543 70 93
GST on goods is fixed by the entries of Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate), in force from 22 September 2025 and amended up to 30 April 2026. The entries below are the ones that reach this code. Match the goods to the description in the entry before you invoice.
| GST rate | Entry | Codes named | Goods covered by the entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | Schedule II, S. No. 515 | 8543 | Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter |
| 5% | Schedule I, S. No. 437 | 84, 85 or 94 | Following 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… (chapter-wide entry) |
| 18% | Schedule II, S. No. 387 | 84 or 85 | Parts 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 pumps (chapter-wide entry) |
| 18% | Schedule II, S. No. 473 | 84 or 85 | E-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 consumer (chapter-wide entry) |
| 18% | Schedule II, S. No. 639 | Any Chapter | Goods which are not specified in Schedule I, III, IV, V, VI or VII (residual entry) |
Goods that fall under no specific entry take the residual entry, unless they are exempt under the exemption notification issued with the rate notification.
Import
Customs Duty on HSN 8543 70 93
An import pays basic customs duty at the tariff rate, social welfare surcharge at 10% of that duty (unless exempted for the goods), and IGST at the GST rate on the value plus both duties.
- Basic customs duty at
- Social welfare surcharge, 10% of the duty
- IGST at on value plus both
- Total duty and tax
- As a share of the value
Standard rates only: no exemption notification, anti-dumping or safeguard duty, or trade-agreement rate is applied, and the surcharge is taken at 10% although some goods are exempted from it. A registered importer takes credit of the IGST.
Export
Export Policy and RoDTEP for HSN 8543 70 93
Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) 2022 marks this tariff item Free. Appendix 4R gives RoDTEP at 0.7% of FOB value for exports from the domestic tariff area and 0.4% for Advance Authorisation, SEZ and EOU exports. The scheme continues up to 31 December 2026.
- Current RoDTEP schedule takes effectAppendix 4R and 4RE notified by Notification 32/2024-25.
- All rates and caps limited to 50%Notification 60/2025-26, with immediate effect.
- Full rates restoredNotification 66/2025-26 and its corrigendum: the rates of 22 February 2026 apply again from 23 March.
- Scheme continued to 30 September 2026Notification 74/2025-26, rates unchanged.
- Scheme continued to 31 December 2026Notification 41/2026-27: rates and caps as on 30 September 2026 continue.
Same heading
Other Codes Under HSN 8543
| Tariff item | Description | Basic customs duty |
|---|---|---|
| 8543 10 10 | Ion implanters for doping semi conductor materialParticle accelerators | Free |
| 8543 10 20 | Vane graff, cock-croft, Walton acceleratorsParticle accelerators | 7.5% |
| 8543 10 30 | Synchrocyclotrons, synchrotronsParticle accelerators | 7.5% |
| 8543 10 90 | Other including cyclotronsParticle accelerators | 7.5% |
| 8543 20 10 | Sweep generatorsSignal generators | 7.5% |
| 8543 20 20 | Impulse generatorsSignal generators | 7.5% |
| 8543 20 30 | Tacho generatorsSignal generators | 7.5% |
| 8543 20 90 | OtherSignal generators | 7.5% |
| 8543 30 00 | Machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis | 7.5% |
| 8543 40 00 | Electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporising devices | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 11 | Proximity card and tagsOther machines and apparatus | Free |
| 8543 70 12 | Metal detectorOther machines and apparatus | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 13 | Mine detectorOther machines and apparatus | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 19 | OtherOther machines and apparatus | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 21 | Digital reverberatorsAudio special effect equipment | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 22 | Mixing system or consolesAudio special effect equipment | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 29 | OtherAudio special effect equipment | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 31 | Video mixing system or consolesVideo special effect equipments | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 32 | Video effect systemVideo special effect equipments | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 33 | Digital layering machineVideo special effect equipments | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 34 | Paint boxVideo special effect equipments | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 35 | Video typewriterVideo special effect equipments | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 36 | Video matting machineVideo special effect equipments | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 39 | OtherVideo special effect equipments | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 41 | Computerised editing system controlling more than three video editing machinesEdit control Unit | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 42 | Other video control unitEdit control Unit | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 49 | OtherEdit control Unit | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 50 | Colour correctorEdit control Unit | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 61 | Broadcast amplifierAmplifier | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 62 | Limiting amplifier, video distribution amplifier and stabilizing amplifiersAmplifier | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 69 | OtherAmplifier | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 71 | Graphic equalizerGraphic equalizer and synthesized receivers | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 72 | Synthesised receiversGraphic equalizer and synthesized receivers | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 91 | RF(radio frequency) power amplifer and noise generators for communication jamming equipment, static and mobile or man-portableOther | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 92 | Equipment gadgets based on solar energyOther | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 93 | Professional beauty care equipmentOther | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 94 | Audio visual stereo encodersOther | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 95 | Time code generatorOther | 7.5% |
| 8543 70 99 | OtherOther | 7.5% |
| 8543 90 00 | Parts | 7.5% |
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Not shown on this page
- The item-wise import policy (Free, Restricted or Prohibited) of ITC(HS) Schedule 1.
- Exemption notifications, anti-dumping and safeguard duties, and preferential rates under trade agreements. The duty shown is the tariff rate.
- The GST exemption notification. Goods exempt under it pay no GST even if a rate entry names the code.
Official documents behind this page
- Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate), 17 September 2025GST rate Schedules I to VI, in force from 22 September 2025, as amended by Notification No. 19/2025-Central Tax (Rate) of 31 December 2025 (Schedule VII omitted from 1 February 2026) and No. 01/2026 of 30 April 2026.
- Customs Tariff, First ScheduleCBIC Customs Tariff as on 30 June 2024, with the First Schedule amendments of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024, the Finance Act, 2025 and the Finance Act, 2026 applied.
- ITC(HS) 2022, Schedule 2, Export PolicyDGFT: the export policy and policy condition of each tariff item.
- Appendix 4R and Appendix 4RE, RoDTEP ScheduleDGFT, with effect from 10 October 2024 (Notification No. 32/2024-25); the 2026 changes are in Notifications 60, 66 and 74 of 2025-26 and 41 of 2026-27.
Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position with the official source before you act on it.