HS code 8546: Electrical insulators of any material
Heading 8546 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
8546Electrical insulators of any material
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… > 8546
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Electrical insulators of any material (excl. insulating fittings)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 3
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 4
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8546
- 8546 10Of glass
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrical insulators of glass (excl. insulating fittings)
- 8546 10 00 Of glass
- 8546 20Of ceramics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrical insulators of ceramics (excl. insulating fittings)
- 8546 20 00 Of ceramics
- 8546 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Electrical insulators (excl. those of glass or ceramics and insulating fittings)
- 8546 90 10 Of plastics
- 8546 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.