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  "summary": "HS code 8512.40 covers windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters. It sits in heading 85.12 (electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading 85.39), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles) in 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). Other goods of heading 85.12 are classified under 8512.10 (lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles), 8512.20 (other lighting or visual signalling equipment), 8512.30 (sound signalling equipment) or 8512.90 (parts).",
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      "question": "What does HS code 8512.40 cover?",
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        "This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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