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85.39 Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources

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85.39 Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources
HS code	Product	MFN	COMESA-FTA	EAC
8539.10.00	Sealed beam lamp units	0%	0%	0%
8539.21.00	Tungsten halogen	0%	0%	0%
8539.22.00	Other, of a power not exceeding 200 W and for a voltage exceeding 100 V	0%	0%	0%
8539.29.00	Other	0%	0%	0%
8539.31.00	Fluorescent, hot cathode	0%	0%	0%
8539.32.00	Mercury or sodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps	0%	0%	0%
8539.39.00	Other	0%	0%	0%
8539.41.00	Arc-lamps	0%	0%	0%
8539.49.00	Other	0%	0%	0%
8539.51.00	Light-emitting diode (LED) modules	0%	0%	0%
8539.52.00	Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps	0%	0%	0%
8539.90.00	Parts	0%	0%	0%

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HS 8539.31.00

Discharge lamps, other than ultra-violet lamps, fluorescent, hot cathode

Section XVI · Machinery & electrical equipment › Ch 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 › 85.39 Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources

Applied duty rates

0% MFN applied rate
0% COMESA-FTA preferential rate
0% EAC preferential rate

Exports | US$ thousand

0 0.5 1

2020 2020 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $1 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

2025 2025 $0 To the world – Within the Commonwealth

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2021	$0	–
2022	$1	–
2023	$0	–
2024	$0	–
2025	$0	–

Imports | US$ thousand

0 500 1k

2020 2020 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2021 2021 $0 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2022 2022 $913 From the world $1 Within the Commonwealth

2023 2023 $888 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

2024 2024 $278 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

$428 2025 2025 $428 From the world $0 Within the Commonwealth

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Within the Commonwealth

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Year	From the world	Within the Commonwealth
2020	$0	$0
2021	$0	$0
2022	$913	$1
2023	$888	$0
2024	$278	$0
2025	$428	$0

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