# HS code 8512.40: Windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters

> 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).

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851240
Last updated: 13 October 2026

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## Key facts

- HS code: 8512.40
- Covers: Windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters
- 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](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8512)
- 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](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/85)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty rates: [Set by each country’s tariff](https://staging.border.bot/countries)

## What this code covers

HS code 8512.40 covers windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters.

The legal text of the subheading is “Windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

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).

- [8512.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851210) Lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles
- [8512.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851220) Other lighting or visual signalling equipment
- [8512.30](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851230) Sound signalling equipment
- [8512.90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851290) Parts

## How it is structured

8512.40 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 85, are the chapter; the first four, 8512, are heading 85.12; the last two, 40, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- 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
- 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
- Subheading 8512.40: Windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under 8512.40 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8512.40 at six digits and add their own digits after it.

- Previous subheading: [8512.30](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851230) Sound signalling equipment
- Next subheading: [8512.90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/851290) Parts

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8512.40 cover?

HS code 8512.40 covers windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8512.40 in?

HS code 8512.40 is 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).

### Where are goods of heading 85.12 classified when 8512.40 doesn’t fit?

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).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

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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