8531 90 00: Parts of signalling apparatus: Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus: parts
Parts of signalling apparatus
✓ Can be used in a customs declarationData: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
8531 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 8512 or 8530:
8531 90 00 Parts
What you pay
Importing into EU
Customs dutyFree standard rate depends on the country of origin
Y727 The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 3)
Y728 The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 4)
L152 Import authorisation by virtue of article 1ra paragraph 10 of Council Regulation (EU) 765/2006
Y870 Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 8f of Regulation (EU) No 765/2006)
Y997 Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
L142 Import authorisation by virtue of article 3i paragraph 3c of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
Y874 The prohibitions defined in article 3i.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 do not apply (see exemptions in article 3i.3aa)
Y683 The prohibitions defined in article 3i.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 do not apply (see exemptions in article 3i.3i)
L143 Import authorisation by virtue of article 12b.2 of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
L129 Import authorisation by virtue of article 3i paragraph 3e of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
Y859 Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 12e of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014)
Import control
Applies to goods from
Ukraine
Legal act
Regulation 0263/22
Documents
Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Export measures 8
Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.
Export measures
Destination
Legal act
Validity
Export prohibitionSanctions regime: North Korea
North Korea
Regulation 0285/18
28 February 2018
Export controlSanctions regime: Crimea and Sevastopol
Ukraine
Regulation 0692/14
25 February 2025
Export controlSanctions regime: Russia
Russia
Regulation 0833/14
27 September 2024
Export controlSanctions regime: Belarus
Belarus
Regulation 0765/06
25 February 2025
Export controlSanctions regime: Non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine
Ukraine
Regulation 0263/22
25 August 2022
Export controlSanctions regime: Russia
Russia
Regulation 0833/14
24 June 2023
Export controlSanctions regime: Belarus
Belarus
Regulation 0765/06
25 February 2025
Export authorization (Dual use)
All third countries
Regulation 2003/25
15 November 2025
TARIC data as of 8 November 2026
Import VAT in the EU member states
The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.
Austria20%
Belgium21%
Bulgaria20%
Croatia25%
Cyprus3% reduced rate
Czechia21%
Denmark25%
Estonia24%
Finland25.5%
France20%
Germany19%
Greece6% reduced rate
Hungary27%
Ireland23%
Italy22%
Latvia21%
Lithuania21%
Luxembourg17%
Malta18%
Netherlands21%
Poland23%
Portugal23%
Romania21%
Slovakia23%
Slovenia22%
Spain21%
Sweden25%
TEDB · 8 November 2026
EU: imports by month · HS 8531.90
last 12 months€364.5m-11.5% · previous 12 months
Average import price€44.91 per kg
Preferential rate0%
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.
8531 90 00 · Parts
This subheading includes anti-theft tags (such as those consisting of a diode and an antenna, so-called ‘microwave tags’, or those consisting of a microchip-resonant circuit, so-called ‘frequency division’ tags) attached to goods which, when they come within the signal field of a burglar alarm system installed at a shop exit, of a type falling in subheading 8531 10, influence the receiving electronics of the system and trigger off an alarm.
This subheading also includes tags which combine two different technologies, such as acousto-magnetic with microwave or acousto-magnetic with radio frequency.
However, this subheading does not include:
tags consisting of a wire, strip or combination of two strips, so-called ‘magnetic tags’ or ‘acousto-magnetic tags’, of magnetic materials intended to be used within the control zone of an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) system (heading 8505),
tags which have embedded in them one or more electronic integrated circuits in the form of chips and an antenna but with no other active or passive circuit elements (‘smart cards’), so-called ‘Radio Frequency Identification’ tags (RFID) (subheading 8523 52),
tags containing one or more electronic integrated circuits in the form of chips with an embedded antenna and one or more capacitors but no other active or passive circuit elements (subheading 8523 59),
tags in the form of a printed circuit (see note 6 to Chapter 85), so-called ‘radio frequency tags’ (heading 8534 00).
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
Year
Description
Third-country duty
Supplementary unit
2026
Parts
Free
—
2025
unchanged
Free
—
2024
unchanged
Free
—
2023
unchanged
Free
—
2022
unchanged
Free
—
2021
unchanged
Free
—
2020
unchanged
Free
—
2019
Parts
Free
—
Code history
Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 8531 90 20, 8531 90 85.
CN code 8531 90 00 is a line of the EU Combined Nomenclature under HS subheading 8531.90 (electric sound or visual signalling apparatus: parts).
The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in —.
Imports of parts of signalling apparatus (HS 8531.90) into the EU came to €364.5m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 11% on the year before); China supplied 40%, followed by United States.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 2.2%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 16%, the Argentina duty is 16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is free, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 0%–8% and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 8531.90 worth US$1.4bn in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China, and the United Kingdom ranked 4th with US$38m.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 8531 90 00?
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is free; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 8531.90 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$203m), followed by the United States.
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