Laptop Hinge Flex Cable Assembly from Japan
A flexible circuit connecting the laptop screen to the motherboard across the hinge, allowing repeated bending. Classified under HTS 8534.00.00.80 for its flexible printed circuit construction using FFC/FPC technology.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Provide bend cycle test results (>100,000 cycles) to substantiate flexible classification
• Label with exact dimensions and conductor pitch to prevent confusion with rigid-flex hybrids