HS Code 85408900 - Electronic valves, tubes excluded

Electronic valves and tubes (excl. receiver or amplifier valves and tubes, microwave tubes, photo-cathode tubes, cathode ray tubes, black and white or other monochrome data-graphic display tubes and colour data-graphic display tubes with a phosphor dot screen pitch of < 0,4 mm)

Examples (No official information or warranty)

- Diode valve for radio broadcasting equipment, vacuum filled, 10A 250V (20g, 5cm)
- Pulse Selenium Rectifier tube for high voltage power supply, gas filled, 500mA 300V (30g, 7cm)
- Thyristor valve for industrial power control, vapour filled, 100A 600V (50g, 10cm)
- Pentode valve for audio amplifier, vacuum filled, 2A 200V (15g, 4cm)
- Tetrode valve for telecommunication equipment, gas filled, 5A 250V (25g, 6cm)
- Triode valve for medical equipment, vapour filled, 1A 150V (10g, 3cm)

Code Tree Structure / Hierarchy

    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) Other valves and tubes 85408900 Other

Trade restrictions and policies

Chapter 85
45 Trade restrictions and policies
Position 8540
16 Trade restrictions and policies
Subheading 854089
22 Trade restrictions and policies
Customs Tariff Number 85408900
1999-01-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Third country duty
Regulation 2261/98
2008-01-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Supplementary unit
Regulation 2658/87
2016-01-01
Ukraine (UA)
Tariff preference
Decision 0295/14
2017-04-03
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)
Import control
Regulation 0267/12
2017-04-03
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Import control
Regulation 0267/12
2017-09-01
North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) (KP)
Import control on restricted goods and technologies
Regulation 1509/17
2017-10-23
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)
Import control on restricted goods and technologies
Regulation 0267/12
2019-11-21
Singapore (SG)
Tariff preference
Decision 1875/19
2020-02-01
Japan (JP)
Tariff preference
Decision 1907/18
2020-08-01
Viet Nam (VN)
Tariff preference
Decision 0753/20
2023-01-01
GSP - General arrangements (2020)
Tariff preference
Regulation 0978/12
2007-01-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Autonomous suspension under end-use
Regulation 3050/95
2016-07-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Suspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms
Regulation 2658/87
2025-01-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Autonomous tariff suspension
Regulation 3211/24
2016-07-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Suspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms
Regulation 2658/87
2008-01-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Supplementary unit
Regulation 2658/87
2017-09-01
North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) (KP)
Export control on restricted goods and technologies
Regulation 1509/17
2017-10-23
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)
Restriction on export
Regulation 0267/12
2023-06-24
Russian Federation (RU)
Export control
Regulation 0833/14
2024-06-26
Russian Federation (RU)
Export control
Regulation 0833/14
2024-11-08
All third countries (1008)
Export authorization (Dual use)
Regulation 2547/24
2025-02-25
Belarus (BY)
Export control
Regulation 0765/06

Changes to this tariff number

Changes in favor of 85408900
1998: 85408911
1999: 85408900
1998: 85408919
1999: 85408900
1998: 85408990
1999: 85408900