Truck Center High Mount Stop Lamp Housing from Japan
Plastic housing component for the Center High Mounted Stop Lamp (CHMSL) on trucks, designed to hold the bulb and lens securely. Falls under HTS 8512.90.2000 as a part of motor vehicle signaling equipment for brake indication. Engineered for vibration resistance in heavy-duty applications.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
17.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.94.4315%Parts of passenger vehicles and light trucks that are products of Japan as provided for in subdivision (l) of U.S. note 33 to this subchapter, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 15 percent as provided for in subdivision (m) of U.S. note 33 to this subchapter.
9903.03.060%Articles of aluminum, of steel, or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; and semiconductor articles, of any country, as provided in subdivision (aa)(v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.74.110%Articles as provided for in subdivision (l) of U.S. note 38 to this subchapter.
Import Tips
• Provide FMVSS 108 compliance documentation proving stop lamp function
• Specify truck class (e.g
• Class 8) in commercial invoices
• Beware of undervaluation penalties on high-volume shipments from Asia