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Telephones and communications equipment — HSN Code 8517

57 classifications in the local reference. Choose a child classification to narrow your search.

Classification context

The telephone branch names smartphones separately from other cellular or wireless-network telephones. The broader heading also contains communications apparatus.

  • Compare a complete telephone with separately supplied communications equipment.
  • Legacy 851712 entries require historical lookup; no automatic one-to-one replacement is asserted.

DGFT 2024 reference, p. 290. This is dated classification context, not confirmation of current legal or GST treatment.

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Smartphone

Direct reference match

The reviewed reference lists smartphones at 85171300. A phone part or accessory is a different product.

Mobile phone

Possible classifications

Mobile phone is a broader search than smartphone. Compare the smartphone entry with other cellular or wireless telephones.

Classification hierarchy

  1. 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
  2. Telephones and communications equipment — HSN 8517

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Classification and rate reference: hsnlookup.in · CC BY 4.0 · 24 April 2026. Current classification and GST treatment are not independently established. Seed rates are not a current tax recommendation. Chapter labels and product relationships use separately dated references. Data Sources & Methodology.