Code 8512 20 · Heading 8512

Electric lighting and visual signalling equipment for motor vehicles, excluding lamps under heading 8539

This code covers electric equipment that provides lighting or visual signals and is designed for motor vehicles. It does not cover lamps classified under heading 8539.

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Electrical lighting or visual signalling equipment for motor vehicles (excl. lamps of heading 8539)

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereo… 2 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the product: an electrical motor, generator or converter; a transformer or electrical converter; a magnet; a primary cell or battery; an accumulator; a household appliance; a shaver or hair-removal appliance; equipment for an internal-combustion engine, vehicle or bicycle; a portable lamp; an industrial or laboratory heating appliance; soldering or welding equipment; another electrical heating appliance; a telephone or other data-communication device; sound equipment; video equipment or recording media; a display module; a radio, television, radar, navigation or remote-control device; electrical control, switching, lighting, semiconductor, circuit, cable or insulation equipment; another electrical machine or apparatus; or electrical and electronic waste or scrap?
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Step 3 · Heading 8512 Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excl. … 12 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it electric lighting or visual signalling equipment for a bicycle, electric lighting or visual signalling equipment for a motor vehicle, electric audible signalling equipment for a bicycle or motor vehicle, an electric windscreen wiper, defroster or demister for a motor vehicle, or a part for one of these products?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8512 20 Electrical lighting or visual signalling equipment … 2 of 5 subheadings under heading 8512
Is it electric lighting or visual signalling equipment for motor vehicles, rather than equipment for bicycles, electric sound signalling equipment, electric wipers or defrosters, or a part?

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8512 20 00 Electrical lighting or visual signalling equipment for motor vehicles (excl. lamps of heading 8539) 2.7% Save

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8512 10 Electric lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used for bicycles (other than lamps of heading 8539) 2.7%
8512 20 Electrical lighting or visual signalling equipment for motor vehicles (excl. lamps of heading 8539) you are here 2.7%
8512 30 Electrical sound signalling equipment for cycles or motor vehicles 2.2–2.7%
8512 40 Electrical windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, for motor vehicles 2.7%
8512 90 Parts of electrical lighting or signalling equipment, windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters of a kind used for cycles and motor vehicles, n.e.s. 2.2–2.7%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

85.12.2000

Other lighting or visual signalling equipment

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 6 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.