HTS Index

HTS heading 8512

Electrical lighting or signaling equipment (excluding articles of heading 8539), windshield wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles; parts thereof — 24 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8512Electrical lighting or signaling equipment (excluding articles of heading 8539), windshield wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles; parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8512.10Lighting or visual signaling equipment of a kind used on bicycles + Ch. 99not stated
8512.10.20.00Lighting equipment + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8512.10.40.00Visual signaling equipment + Ch. 992.7%No.
8512.20Other lighting or visual signaling equipment + Ch. 99not stated
8512.20.20Lighting equipment + Ch. 99Free
8512.20.20.40For vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or heading 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8512.20.20)No.
8512.20.20.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8512.20.20)No.
8512.20.40Visual signaling equipment + Ch. 992.5%
8512.20.40.40For vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29 or heading 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705 or 8711 + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8512.20.40)No.
8512.20.40.80Other + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8512.20.40)No.
8512.30.00Sound signaling equipment + Ch. 992.5%
8512.30.00.20Horns + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8512.30.00)No.
8512.30.00.30Radar detectors of a kind used in motor vehicles + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8512.30.00)No.
8512.30.00.40Other + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8512.30.00)No.
8512.40Windshield wipers, defrosters and demisters + Ch. 99not stated
8512.40.20.00Defrosters and demisters + Ch. 992.5%No.
8512.40.40.00Windshield wipers + Ch. 992.5%No.
8512.90Parts + Ch. 99not stated
8512.90.20.00Of signaling equipment + Ch. 992.5%kg
8512.90.40.00Of a kind used on bicycles + Ch. 99Freekg
8512.90.60.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
8512.90.70.00Of defrosters and demisters + Ch. 992.5%kg
8512.90.90.00Other + Ch. 992.5%kg

7 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

24 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.