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8512.20.40

Visual signaling equipment

HTS Code 8512.20.40 covers any article best defined as Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such ArticlesElectrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articlesElectrical 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:Other lighting or visual signaling equipment:Visual signaling equipment in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 2 sub-classifications.

Other HTS Codes at This Level:

8512.20.20Lighting equipment

Base Duty Rates for 8512.20.40

General Rate of Duty
2.5%
Special Rate of Duty
Free (A,AU,B,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)
Column 2 (Non-NTR)
35%

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Where 8512.20.40 Appears in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

2 sub-codes
  1. Section 16Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
  2. Chapter 85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  3. 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:
  4. 8512.20Other lighting or visual signaling equipment:
  5. 8512.20.40Visual signaling equipment

  1. HTS Codes Under 8512.20.40

  2. 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
  3. 8512.20.40.80Other

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Notes

Official USITC notes that may affect classification under HTS 8512.20.40.
Section 16 NotesMachinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
Chapter 85 NotesElectrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

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