Brazil NCM · 8-digit code

NCM 8518.50.00 – Electric sound amplifier sets

NCM 8518.50.00 (also written 85185000) is Brazil's code for electric sound amplifier sets. Its first 6 digits are HS code 8518.50.

Official description of NCM 8518.50.00

PortuguêsOfficial
Aparelhos elétricos de amplificação de som
EnglishUnofficial translation

Amplifier sets; electric sound

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

How to read NCM 8518.50.00

85Chapter 18Heading 50Subheading

HS code 8518.50
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 85.18 Microphones and their stands; loudspeakers, mounted or not in their enclosures; headphones and earphones, combined or not with a microphone, and sets of a microphone and one or more loudspeakers; audio-frequency and electric sound amplifiers and sets Microfones e seus suportes; alto-falantes (altifalantes), mesmo montados nas suas caixas (colunas); fones de ouvido (auscultadores e auriculares*), mesmo combinados com um microfone, e conjuntos ou sortidos constituídos por um microfone e um ou mais alto-falantes (altifalantes); amplificadores elétricos de audiofrequência; aparelhos elétricos de amplificação de som.
  3. Subheading 8518.50 Amplifier sets; electric sound
  4. Subitem 8518.50.00 Amplifier sets; electric sound Aparelhos elétricos de amplificação de som

Questions about NCM 8518.50.00

What is NCM 8518.50.00?

NCM 8518.50.00 (85185000) is the Brazilian (Mercosur) code for electric sound amplifier sets. Its official Portuguese description is “Aparelhos elétricos de amplificação de som”.

What is the HS code for NCM 8518.50.00?

HS 8518.50 (Amplifier sets; electric sound). 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 8518.50.00?

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.