Chapter 85 · September 2026 · Imports
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers…
Pakistan imported US$574 million of chapter 85 goods in September 2026, 8.7% of all imports. China was the largest source with 81.5%. Importers paid an effective 24.1% in duties and taxes.
Import value
$574m
Rs 162bn
Duties & taxes
24.1%
Rs 39.2bn collected
Goods declarations
11,398
37,649 line items
Importers
3,457
distinct importers
Headings in this chapter
4-digit codesOther
$52.4m9.1%
Source countries
Duties & taxes actually paid
share of assessed value24.1%effective rate · Rs 39.2bn paid on Rs 162bn of goods
Sales taxRs 24.7bn15.2%
Customs dutyRs 4.6bn2.8%
Income tax (withholding)Rs 4.5bn2.8%
Regulatory dutyRs 1.8bn1.1%
Additional sales taxRs 1.8bn1.1%
Other leviesRs 1.4bn0.9%
Additional customs dutyRs 333.2m0.2%
Federal excise dutyRs 6.5m0.0%
All headings in chapter 85
48 codes- 8501 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) $21.2m
- 8502 Electric generating sets and rotary converters $15.6m
- 8503 Electric motors and generators, parts suitable for use solely or principally… $28.6m
- 8504 Electric transformers, static converters (e.g. rectifiers) and inductors $45.1m
- 8505 Electro-magnets, permanent magnets, intended permanent magnets… $878k
- 8506 Cells and batteries, primary $1.5m
- 8507 Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not… $49.0m
- 8508 Vacuum cleaners $232k
- 8509 Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor… $878k
- 8510 Shavers, hair clippers and hair removing appliances, with self-contained… $495k
- 8511 Ignition or starting equipment, used for spark-ignition or… $2.9m
- 8512 Lighting or visual signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading no.… $2.6m
- 8513 Lamps, portable, electric, designed to function by their own source of energy… $993k
- 8514 Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those… $299k
- 8515 Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering, brazing, welding machines and… $4.4m
- 8516 Electric water, space, soil heaters, electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus… $7.0m
- 8517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other telephones for… $189m
- 8518 Microphones and their stands, loudspeakers, mounted or not in their… $3.5m
- 8519 Sound recording or reproducing apparatus $82k
- 8521 Video recording or reproducing apparatus $731k
- 8522 Sound or video recording apparatus, parts and accessories suitable for use… $335k
- 8523 Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, smart cards and other… $12.7m
- 8524 Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screens $3.4m
- 8525 Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not… $4.2m
- 8526 Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control… $138k
- 8527 Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the… $193k
- 8528 Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus… $4.8m
- 8529 Transmission apparatus, parts suitable for use solely or principally with the… $18.2m
- 8530 Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, for railways, tramways… $122k
- 8531 Signalling apparatus, electric sound or visual (e.g. bells, sirens, indicator… $634k
- 8532 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set) $1.8m
- 8533 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), excluding… $1.2m
- 8534 Circuits, printed $2.3m
- 8535 Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making… $6.3m
- 8536 Electrical apparatus for switching, protecting electrical circuits, for making… $11.1m
- 8537 Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, bases with apparatus of heading no.… $4.3m
- 8538 Electrical apparatus, parts suitable for use solely or principally with the… $3.6m
- 8539 Lamps, electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units… $1.6m
- 8540 Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g. vacuum… $418k
- 8541 Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based… $91.2m
- 8542 Electronic integrated circuits $5.2m
- 8543 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified… $3.1m
- 8544 Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not… $15.9m
- 8545 Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other… $254k
- 8546 Electrical insulators of any material $3.0m
- 8547 Insulating fittings, for electrical machines, appliances, equipment, excluding… $304k
- 8548 Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or elsewhere… $6k
- 8549 Electrical and electronic waste and scrap $2.1m
About this chapter
- Section
- XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment
- Chapter
- 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and…
Pakistan Customs Tariff (PCT) codes follow the international Harmonized System (HS): the first 2 digits are the chapter, 4 digits the heading, 6 digits the HS subheading and the last 2 digits Pakistan's national split. Figures cover September 2026 and come from customs declarations; values are customs-assessed values converted at Rs 283.18 per US$.