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)
HS heading 85.40 covers 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). Within Chapter 85 it splits into 11 six-digit subheadings spanning tubes to valves and tubes, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $3.8M
- Rank in its chapter
- #43 of 48
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 85.40 covers 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). At the six-digit line it separates tubes and valves and tubes, among others — each a distinct duty line shown below. Electrical machinery is a fast-growing Indian export — transformers, motors, cables, batteries and electronics. India exported $3.8M under this code worldwide in 2024, ranking #43 of 48 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
85.40 is the four-digit HS heading for thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves a. 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 85.40
The Harmonised System breaks 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) into these 11 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Tubes; cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, colour
Tubes; cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes, monochrome
Tubes; television camera tubes, image converters and intensifiers, other photo-cathode tubes
Tubes; data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4mm
Tubes; cathode ray, n.e.c. in heading no. 8540
Tubes; microwave, magnetrons, excluding grid-controlled tubes
Tubes; microwave (for example klystrons, travelling wave tubes, carlinotrons), excluding magnetrons and grid-controlled tubes
Valves and tubes; receiver or amplifier
Valves and tubes; n.e.c. in heading no. 8540
Tubes; parts of cathode-ray tubes
Valves and tubes; parts of the valves and tubes of heading no. 8540, excluding parts of cathode-ray tubes
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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