Code 8539 39 · Heading 8539

Discharge lamps, excluding hot-cathode fluorescent tubes, mercury- or sodium-vapour lamps, metal-halide lamps and ultraviolet lamps

This covers electrical discharge lamps that are not hot-cathode fluorescent tubes, mercury- or sodium-vapour lamps, metal-halide lamps or ultraviolet lamps.

For example

A discharge lamp that is not a hot-cathode fluorescent tube, mercury- or sodium-vapour lamp, metal-halide lamp or ultraviolet lamp

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Official tariff text

Discharge lamps (excl. hot-cathode fluorescent lamps, mercury or sodium vapour lamps, metal halide lamps and ultraviolet lamps)

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereo… 2 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the product: an electrical motor, generator or converter; a transformer or electrical converter; a magnet; a primary cell or battery; an accumulator; a household appliance; a shaver or hair-removal appliance; equipment for an internal-combustion engine, vehicle or bicycle; a portable lamp; an industrial or laboratory heating appliance; soldering or welding equipment; another electrical heating appliance; a telephone or other data-communication device; sound equipment; video equipment or recording media; a display module; a radio, television, radar, navigation or remote-control device; electrical control, switching, lighting, semiconductor, circuit, cable or insulation equipment; another electrical machine or apparatus; or electrical and electronic waste or scrap?
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Step 3 · Heading 8539 Electric filament or discharge lamps, incl. sealed … 38 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Which child description matches the product: sealed beam lamp; tungsten-filament halogen lamp; incandescent lamp with the stated power and voltage conditions; other electric incandescent lamp; fluorescent tube or lamp; mercury-, sodium-vapour or metal-halide vapour lamp; other discharge lamp; ultraviolet or infrared lamp; arc lamp; LED light-source module; LED lamp; or a part?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8539 39 Discharge lamps (excl. hot-cathode fluorescent lamp… 7 of 12 subheadings under heading 8539
Is it a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) for backlighting flat screens?

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 3.7%.

8539 10 Sealed beam lamp units 2.7%
8539 21 Tungsten halogen filament lamps (excl. sealed beam lamp units) No rate on file
8539 22 Filament lamps of a power <= 200 W and for a voltage > 100 V (excl. tungsten halogen filament lamps and ultraviolet or infra-red lamps) No rate on file
8539 29 Filament lamps, electric (excl. tungsten halogen lamps, lamps of a power <= 200 W and for a voltage > 100 V and ultraiolet or infra-red lamps) No rate on file
8539 31 Discharge lamps, fluorescent, hot cathode No rate on file
8539 32 Mercury or sodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps No rate on file
8539 39 Discharge lamps (excl. hot-cathode fluorescent lamps, mercury or sodium vapour lamps, metal halide lamps and ultraviolet lamps) you are here 0.0–2.7%
8539 41 Arc lamps 2.7%
8539 49 Ultraviolet or infra-red lamps 2.7%
8539 51 Light-emitting diode "LED" light source modules 2.7%
8539 52 Light-emitting diode "LED" lamps 3.7%
8539 90 Parts of electric filament or discharge lamps, sealed beam lamp units, ultraviolet or infra-red lamps, arc lamps and LED light sources, n.e.s. No rate on file

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

85.39.3900

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 3 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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