HS Code 85493100 - Waste, scrap, electrical

Waste and scrap of electrical and electronic assemblies and printed circuit boards, containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls "PCBs" (excl. for the recovery of precious metal)

Examples (No official information or warranty)

- Defunct computer motherboards with lead-solder and capacitors containing PCBs
- Discarded telecommunications switchboards containing mercury tilt-switches
- Scrap radar console assemblies with cathode-ray tube displays
- Obsolete industrial control panels with nickel-cadmium backup batteries
- Waste avionics units containing components with mercury relays
- Decommissioned medical monitor assemblies containing PCBs and leaded glass
- Scrapped laboratory analyzer circuit boards containing cadmium components

Code Tree Structure / Hierarchy

    8549 Electrical and electronic waste and scrap Other electrical and electronic assemblies and printed circuit boards 85493100 Containing primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes or other activated glass, or electrical or electronic components containing cadmium, mercury, lead or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Trade restrictions and policies

Chapter 85
45 Trade restrictions and policies
Position 8549
8 Trade restrictions and policies
Subheading 854931
3 Trade restrictions and policies
Customs Tariff Number 85493100
1900-01-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Third country duty
Regulation 1832/21
1900-01-01
ERGA OMNES (1011)
Import control - Waste
Regulation 1013/06
1900-01-01
All third countries (1008)
Export control - Waste
Regulation 1013/06