HS code 8521: Video recording or reproducing apparatus
Heading 8521 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 85, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
8521Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner
Place in the nomenclature: 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and… > 8521
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. video camera recorders)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8521
- 8521 10Magnetic tape-type
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Magnetic tape-type video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. video camera recorders)
- 8521 10 00 Magnetic tape-type
- 8521 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. magnetic tape-type and video camera recorders)
- 8521 90 00 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.