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
HS heading 85.39 covers 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. Within Chapter 85 it splits into 12 six-digit subheadings, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $85.3M
- Share of Chapter 85
- 0.2%
- Rank in its chapter
- #29 of 48
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 85.39 covers 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. At the six-digit line it breaks down further — starting with lamps — into 12 duty lines shown below. Electrical machinery is a fast-growing Indian export — transformers, motors, cables, batteries and electronics. India exported $85.3M under this code worldwide in 2024, about 0.2% of all Chapter 85 exports, ranking #29 of 48 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
85.39 is the four-digit HS heading for lamps. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many machinery & electrical equipment lines — check our import guides for your market.
Subheadings under HS 85.39
The Harmonised System breaks 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 into these 12 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Lamps; sealed beam units
Lamps; filament, (excluding ultra-violet or infra-red), tungsten halogen
Lamps; filament, (excluding ultra-violet or infra-red), of a power not exceeding 200W and for a voltage exceeding 100 volts, other than tungsten halogen
Lamps; filament, (excluding ultra-violet or infra-red), n.e.c. in item no. 8539.2
Lamps; discharge, (excluding ultra-violet), fluorescent, hot cathode
Lamps; discharge, (excluding ultra-violet), mercury or sodium vapour lamps, metal halide lamps
Lamps; discharge, (excluding ultra-violet, excluding fluorescent, hot cathode)
Lamps; arc-lamps
Lamps; ultra-violet or infra-red lamps, (excluding arc-lamps)
Lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources, light-emitting diode (LED) modules
Lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources, light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
Lamps; parts of the lamps of heading no. 8539
Top destinations for Chapter 85 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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