HS code 8536: Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical
Heading 8536 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
8536Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 V; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
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… > 8536
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and junction boxes, for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. control desks, cabinets, panels etc. of heading 8537)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 10
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 28
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8536
- 8536 10Fuses
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Fuses for a voltage <= 1.000 V
- 8536 10 10 For a current not exceeding 10 A
- 8536 10 50 For a current exceeding 10 A but not exceeding 63 A
- 8536 10 90 For a current exceeding 63 A
- 8536 20Automatic circuit breakers
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Automatic circuit breakers for a voltage <= 1.000 V
- 8536 20 10 For a current not exceeding 63 A
- 8536 20 90 For a current exceeding 63 A
- 8536 30Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Apparatus for protecting electrical circuits for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. fuses and automatic circuit breakers)
- 8536 30 10 For a current not exceeding 16 A
- 8536 30 30 For a current exceeding 16 A but not exceeding 125 A
- 8536 30 90 For a current exceeding 125 A
- 8536 41Relays | For a voltage not exceeding 60 V
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Relays for a voltage <= 60 V
- 8536 41 10 For a current not exceeding 2 A
- 8536 41 90 For a current exceeding 2 A
- 8536 49Relays | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Relays for a voltage > 60 V but <= 1.000 V
- 8536 49 00 Other
- 8536 50Other switches
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Switches for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers)
- 8536 50 03 Electronic AC switches consisting of optically coupled input and output circuits (insulated thyristor AC switches)
- 8536 50 05 Electronic switches, including temperature protected electronic switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic chip (chip-on-chip technology)
- 8536 50 07 Electromechanical snap-action switches for a current not exceeding 11 A
- 8536 50 11 Other | For a voltage not exceeding 60 V | Push-button switches
- 8536 50 15 Other | For a voltage not exceeding 60 V | Rotary switches
- 8536 50 19 Other | For a voltage not exceeding 60 V | Other
- 8536 50 80 Other | Other
- 8536 61Lamp holders, plugs and sockets | Lamp holders
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Lamp holders for a voltage <= 1.000 V
- 8536 61 10 Edison lamp holders
- 8536 61 90 Other
- 8536 69Lamp holders, plugs and sockets | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Plugs and sockets for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. lamp holders)
- 8536 69 10 For coaxial cables
- 8536 69 30 For printed circuits
- 8536 69 90 Other
- 8536 70Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
- 8536 70 00 Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables
- 8536 90Other apparatus
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 V (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other switches, lamp holders, plugs and sockets)
- 8536 90 01 Prefabricated elements for electrical circuits
- 8536 90 10 Connections and contact elements for wire and cables
- 8536 90 40 Battery clamps of a kind used for motor vehicles of heading 8702, 8703, 8704, or 8711
- 8536 90 95 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.