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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8545: Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery

Heading 8545 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

8545Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes

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… > 8545

Subheadings (6 digits)
4
CN codes (8 digits)
5

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8545

  • 8545 11Electrodes | Of a kind used for furnaces

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrodes of graphite or other carbon, for electric furnaces

    • 8545 11 00 Of a kind used for furnaces
  • 8545 19Electrodes | Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrodes of graphite or other carbon, for electrical purposes (excl. those used for furnaces)

    • 8545 19 00 Other
  • 8545 20Brushes

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Carbon brushes for electrical purposes

    • 8545 20 00 Brushes
  • 8545 90Other

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Articles of graphite or other carbon, for electrical purposes (excl. electrodes and carbon brushes)

    • 8545 90 10 Heating resistors
    • 8545 90 90 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.