8540 — Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes, television camera tubes)
HS code 8540 classifies Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes, television camera tubes). It belongs to Chapter 85 (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) of Section XVI (Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles) of the Harmonized System.
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Description
Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes, television camera tubes)
Subheadings
- 854011Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes — Colour
- 854012Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes — Monochrome
- 854020Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes
- 854040Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm
- 854060Other cathode ray tubes
- 854071Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, carcinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes — Magnetrons
- 854079Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, carcinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes — Other
- 854081Other valves and tubes — Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes
- 854089Other valves and tubes — Other
- 854091Parts — Of cathode ray tubes
- 854099Parts — Other
Common questions
- What is HS code 8540?
- Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes, television camera tubes)
- What does 8540 include?
- It covers 11 subheadings: 854011 Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes — Colour; 854012 Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes — Monochrome; 854020 Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes; 854040 Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm; 854060 Other cathode ray tubes; 854071 Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, carcinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes — Magnetrons; 854079 Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, carcinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes — Other; 854081 Other valves and tubes — Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes; 854089 Other valves and tubes — Other; 854091 Parts — Of cathode ray tubes; 854099 Parts — Other.
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