HTS Index

HTS 8539

Electrical filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infrared lamps; arc lamps; light-emitting diode (LED) light sources; parts thereof

General rateNot stated for this line
What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them.
Special rateNot stated for this line
Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes.
Column 2 rateNot stated for this line
Only for the few countries without normal trade relations.

This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.

Additional duties may apply

This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.

What the Chapter 99 provisions are

Statistical breakouts

The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.

CodeDescriptionUnitsRate
8539.10.00Sealed beam lamp units2%
8539.10.00.10For vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or heading 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711No.2%
8539.10.00.30OtherNo.2%
8539.10.00.50For vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or heading 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711No.2%
8539.10.00.60OtherNo.2%
8539.21Tungsten halogensee above
8539.21.20Designed for a voltage not exceeding 100 VFree
8539.21.20.40For vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or heading 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711No.Free
8539.21.20.80OtherNo.Free
8539.21.40Other2.6%
8539.21.40.40Of a power less than 500 WNo.2.6%
8539.21.40.80Of a power 500 W or moreNo.2.6%
8539.22Other, of a power not exceeding 200 W and for a voltage exceeding 100 Vsee above
8539.22.40.00Christmas-tree lampsNo.5.8%
8539.22.80Other2.6%
8539.22.80.103-wayNo.2.6%
8539.22.80.30DecorativeNo.2.6%
8539.22.80.40Of a power 15 W or more but not exceeding 150 WNo.2.6%
8539.22.80.60OtherNo.2.6%
8539.22.80.70Of a power exceeding 150 WNo.2.6%
8539.29Othersee above
8539.29.10.00Christmas-tree lampsNo.5.8%
8539.29.20.00Lamps having glass envelopes not over 6.35 mm in maximum diameter and suitable for use in cystoscopes and other surgical instrumentsNo.5.2%
8539.29.30OtherFree
8539.29.30.20Flashlight lampsNo.Free
8539.29.30.50Designed for a voltage of 12 V or more but not exceeding 14 VNo.Free
8539.29.30.60OtherNo.Free
8539.29.40.00Designed for a voltage exceeding 100 VNo.2.6%
8539.31.00Fluorescent, hot cathode2.4%
8539.31.00.401.2 m, straight tube, of a power 30 W or more but not exceeding 40 WNo.2.4%
8539.31.00.50With a single plug-in baseNo.2.4%
8539.31.00.60With a single screw-in baseNo.2.4%
8539.31.00.70OtherNo.2.4%
8539.32.00Mercury or sodium vapor lamps; metal halide lamps2.4%
8539.32.00.20Sodium vaporNo.2.4%
8539.32.00.40Mercury vaporNo.2.4%
8539.32.00.90OtherNo.2.4%
8539.39Othersee above
8539.39.10.00Cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) for backlighting of flat panel displaysNo.Free
8539.39.90.00OtherNo.2.4%
8539.41.00.00Arc lampsNo.2.6%
8539.49.00Other2.4%
8539.49.00.40Ultraviolet lampsNo.2.4%
8539.49.00.80OtherNo.2.4%
8539.51.00.00Light-emitting diode (LED) modulesNo.Free
8539.52.00Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps2%
8539.52.00.10Of a type specified in statistical note 8(a) to this chapterNo.2%
8539.52.00.20Of a type specified in statistical note 8(b) to this chapterNo.2%
8539.52.00.30Of a type specified in statistical note 8(c) to this chapterNo.2%
8539.52.00.40Of a type specified in statistical note 8(d) to this chapterNo.2%
8539.52.00.51Straight linear tubes or U-shaped tubesNo.2%
8539.52.00.91OtherNo.2%
8539.90.00.00PartsNo.2.6%

What changed

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Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.