8512.40.20.00 - Defrosters and demisters 🖩

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Field	Value
Unit of Quantity	No.
General Rate of Duty (Column 1 - General)	2.5%
Special Rate of Duty (Column 1 - Special)	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) A 🇦🇫 🇦🇱 🇩🇿 🇦🇴 🇦🇮 🇦🇷 🇦🇲 🇦🇿 🇧🇿 🇧🇯 🇧🇹 🇧🇴 🇧🇦 🇧🇼 🇧🇷 🇮🇴 🇻🇬 🇧🇫 🇧🇮 🇨🇻 🇰🇭 🇨🇲 🇨🇫 🇹🇩 🇨🇽 🇨🇨 🇰🇲 🇨🇰 🇨🇮 🇨🇩 🇩🇯 🇩🇲 🇪🇨 🇪🇬 🇪🇷 🇸🇿 🇪🇹 🇫🇰 🇫🇯 🇬🇦 🇬🇲 🇵🇸 🇬🇪 🇬🇭 🇬🇩 🇬🇳 🇬🇼 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇭🇲 🇮🇩 🇮🇶 🇯🇲 🇯🇴 🇰🇿 🇰🇪 🇰🇮 KO 🇰🇬 🇱🇧 🇱🇸 🇱🇷 🇲🇬 🇲🇼 🇲🇻 🇲🇱 🇲🇷 🇲🇺 🇲🇩 🇲🇳 🇲🇪 🇲🇸 🇲🇿 🇲🇲 🇳🇦 🇳🇵 🇳🇪 🇳🇬 🇳🇺 🇳🇫 🇲🇰 🇵🇰 🇵🇬 🇵🇾 🇵🇭 🇵🇳 🇨🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇭 🇱🇨 🇻🇨 🇼🇸 🇸🇳 🇷🇸 🇸🇱 🇸🇧 🇸🇴 🇿🇦 🇸🇸 🇱🇰 🇸🇷 🇸🇹 🇹🇿 🇹🇭 🇹🇱 🇹🇬 🇹🇰 🇹🇴 🇹🇳 🇹🇻 🇺🇬 🇺🇦 🇺🇿 🇻🇺 🇼🇫 🇵🇸 🇪🇭 🇾🇪 🇿🇲 🇿🇼 AU 🇦🇺 BH 🇧🇭 CL 🇨🇱 CO 🇨🇴 D 🇦🇴 🇧🇯 🇧🇼 🇧🇫 🇨🇻 🇨🇫 🇹🇩 🇰🇲 🇨🇮 🇨🇩 🇩🇯 🇸🇿 🇪🇹 🇬🇦 🇬🇲 🇬🇭 🇬🇳 🇬🇼 🇰🇪 🇱🇸 🇱🇷 🇲🇬 🇲🇼 🇲🇱 🇲🇺 🇲🇿 🇳🇦 🇳🇪 🇳🇬 🇨🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇸🇹 🇹🇿 🇹🇬 🇺🇬 🇿🇲 E 🇦🇬 🇦🇼 🇧🇸 🇧🇧 🇧🇿 🇻🇬 🇨🇼 🇩🇲 🇬🇩 🇬🇾 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇸 NE 🇰🇳 🇱🇨 🇻🇨 🇹🇹 IL 🇮🇱 JO 🇯🇴 KR 🇰🇷 MA 🇲🇦 OM 🇴🇲 P 🇨🇷 🇩🇴 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇳🇮 PA 🇵🇦 PE 🇵🇪 S 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 SG 🇸🇬
Column 2 Rate of Duty	35%
Quota Quantity	N/A
Additional Duties	N/A

About Duty Rates: Rates are divided into Column 1 and Column 2. Column 1 is subdivided into General (normal trade relations rates for all countries not eligible for special programs) and Special (preferential rates for countries with free trade agreements or preference programs). Column 2 rates apply to products from Cuba, North Korea, Belarus, and Russia. When no special rate exists for a classification, General rates apply.

Overview

This HTS subheading, 8512.40.20.00, specifically classifies defrosters and demisters designed for use with cycles or motor vehicles. These devices are integral to automotive safety, functioning to either melt frost or prevent condensation from obstructing the driver's view. Typically, these units employ electrical heating elements or a fan-driven air circulation system to achieve their intended purpose, directly impacting visibility in adverse weather conditions.

This category is distinguished from its sibling, 8512.40.40.00, which covers windshield wipers. While both are motor vehicle accessories related to maintaining clear visibility, defrosters and demisters address issues of frost and fog, whereas wipers are designed to physically remove rain or snow. The primary function of clearing accumulated moisture or ice is the key differentiator.

As this subheading is a leaf node, it does not have further subdivisions. Therefore, classification under 8512.40.20.00 is determined by the article's explicit function as a defroster or demister for cycles or motor vehicles, and its electrical nature or design as a component thereof.

Frequently Asked Questions

›What is HTS code 8512.40.20.00?

HTS code 8512.40.20.00 covers Defrosters and demisters under the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule. It falls under Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles.

›What products are classified under 8512.40.20.00?

This classification covers Defrosters and demisters. It is a subcategory of Windshield wipers, defrosters and demisters: (8512.40).

›What is the import duty rate for 8512.40.20.00?

The general rate of duty for HTS 8512.40.20.00 is 2.5%. Special preferential rates may apply: Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG). The Column 2 rate is 35%.

›What unit of quantity is used for 8512.40.20.00?

Imports under HTS 8512.40.20.00 are measured in No..

›Are there special tariff programs for 8512.40.20.00?

Yes, preferential rates may apply under programs including: Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (duty-free treatment)., Australia Special Rate, Bahrain Special Rate, Chile Special Rate, Colombia Special Rate. And 12 more programs.

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