Section XVI — Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
Chapter 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
Heading 8549 — Electrical and electronic waste and scrap
National subdivision 8549.1 — Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators
Subheading 8549.12 — Other, containing lead, cadmium or mercury
HS code
8549.12.90 Other
Last Verified Date - 1 October 2026
Common commodities
NiCd battery scrapSpent alkaline mercury batteriesWaste batteries with cadmium contentUsed nickel-cadmium accumulatorsSpent NiCd cells with heavy metal coreHg-containing primary cell wasteSecondary batteries with cadmiumCadmium-based spent primary cellsScrap alkaline batteries with mercuryUsed Ni-Cd batteries with regulated heavy metals