HS code 8543.70: Other machines and apparatus
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Key facts
- HS code
- 8543.70
- Covers
- Other machines and apparatus
- Edition
- HS2022
- Duty rates
- Set by each country’s tariff
Summary
HS code 8543.70 covers other machines and apparatus. It sits in heading 85.43 (electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) in 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). Other goods of heading 85.43 are classified under 8543.10 (particle accelerators), 8543.20 (signal generators), 8543.30 (machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis), 8543.40 (electronic cigarettes or similar personal electric vaporising devices) and 1 other.
What this code covers
HS code 8543.70 covers other machines and apparatus.
The legal text of the subheading is “Other machines and apparatus”, in HS2022.
What it doesn’t cover
Other goods of heading 85.43 are classified under 8543.10 (particle accelerators), 8543.20 (signal generators), 8543.30 (machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis), 8543.40 (electronic cigarettes or similar personal electric vaporising devices) and 1 other.
How it is structured
8543.70 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 85, are the chapter; the first four, 8543, are heading 85.43; the last two, 70, identify the subheading within the heading.
Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.
- Heading 85.43
- Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter
- Subheading 8543.70
- Other machines and apparatus
In other countries
No national tariff lines under 8543.70 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8543.70 at six digits and add their own digits after it.
Frequently asked questions
What does HS code 8543.70 cover?
HS code 8543.70 covers other machines and apparatus.
Which heading and chapter is HS code 8543.70 in?
HS code 8543.70 is in heading 85.43 (electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) in 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).
Where are goods of heading 85.43 classified when 8543.70 doesn’t fit?
Other goods of heading 85.43 are classified under 8543.10 (particle accelerators), 8543.20 (signal generators), 8543.30 (machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis), 8543.40 (electronic cigarettes or similar personal electric vaporising devices) and 1 other.
Sources and updates
The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.