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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8538: Parts suitable for use solely or principally

Heading 8538 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

8538Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537

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… > 8538

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s.

Subheadings (6 digits)
2
CN codes (8 digits)
5

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8538

  • 8538 10Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus
    • 8538 10 00 Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus
  • 8538 90Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus)

    • 8538 90 11 For wafer probers | Electronic assemblies
    • 8538 90 19 For wafer probers | Other
    • 8538 90 91 Other | Electronic assemblies
    • 8538 90 99 Other | 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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Not a binding classification

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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.