Brazil NCM · 8-digit code

NCM 8516.10.00 – Electric water and immersion heaters

NCM 8516.10.00 (also written 85161000) is Brazil's code for electric water and immersion heaters. Its first 6 digits are HS code 8516.10.

Official description of NCM 8516.10.00

PortuguêsOfficial
Aquecedores elétricos de água, incluindo os de imersão
EnglishUnofficial translation

Heaters; electric, instantaneous or storage water and immersion heaters

Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul (Siscomex). Updated Oct 2026 · In force since Apr 2022 (Res Gecex 272/2021).

How to read NCM 8516.10.00

85Chapter 16Heading 10Subheading

HS code 8516.10
Same in every country

0Item 0Subitem

Added by Mercosur
Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

The first 6 digits are the international HS code, so their meaning is the same in every country; Brazil publishes the text in Portuguese. The last two digits are 00 because Brazil does not split this HS code further. The full 8-digit code is used on import declarations (DUIMP), invoices (NF-e) and tax filings.

Full classification path

  1. Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles Máquinas, aparelhos e materiais elétricos, e suas partes; aparelhos de gravação ou de reprodução de som, aparelhos de gravação ou de reprodução de imagens e de som em televisão, e suas partes e acessórios.
  2. Heading 85.16 Electric water, space, soil heaters; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus; hand dryers, irons; electro-thermic appliances for domestic purposes; electro heating resistors, not of heading no. 8545 Aquecedores elétricos de água, incluindo os de imersão; aparelhos elétricos para aquecimento de ambientes, do solo ou para usos semelhantes; aparelhos eletrotérmicos para arranjos do cabelo (por exemplo, secadores de cabelo, frisadores, aquecedores de ferros de frisar) ou para secar as mãos; ferros elétricos de passar; outros aparelhos eletrotérmicos de uso doméstico; resistências de aquecimento, exceto as da posição 85.45.
  3. Subheading 8516.10 Heaters; electric, instantaneous or storage water and immersion heaters
  4. Subitem 8516.10.00 Heaters; electric, instantaneous or storage water and immersion heaters Aquecedores elétricos de água, incluindo os de imersão

Questions about NCM 8516.10.00

What is NCM 8516.10.00?

NCM 8516.10.00 (85161000) is the Brazilian (Mercosur) code for electric water and immersion heaters. Its official Portuguese description is “Aquecedores elétricos de água, incluindo os de imersão”.

What is the HS code for NCM 8516.10.00?

HS 8516.10 (Heaters; electric, instantaneous or storage water and immersion heaters). The first 6 digits of an NCM code are its international HS code; the last 2 digits are Brazil's own split.

Is an NCM code the same as an HS code?

The first 6 digits are the same in every country. NCM adds an item digit (7th) and a subitem digit (8th). A code ending in 00 means Brazil does not split that HS code further.

Which countries use NCM 8516.10.00?

All Mercosur members use the same NCM codes: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Source: Siscomex Classif NCM table, updated Oct 2026 (Resolução Gecex nº 926/2026). The Portuguese text is the official one; the English is our translation.