Subheading · Chapter 85 · Heading 8512
8512.10: Lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles
8512.10 is a six-digit subheading of heading 8512, electrical lighting or signalling equipment, chapter 85.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8512 10 00 00 Lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles 2%
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 2
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 2% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5m | 62.7% | -17.8% | |
| £1.4m | 18.1% | -19.4% | |
| £428k | 5.4% | +12.5% | |
| £368k | 4.6% | +18.9% | |
| £338k | 4.3% | +397.9% | |
| £147k | 1.8% | — | |
| £63k | 0.8% | +73% | |
| £33k | 0.4% | +930.6% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$63kUS$63k+US$690k+US$4m+> US$27m
Exports: 102
- China: US$202m
- Germany: US$44m
- Taiwan: US$27m
- France: US$23m
- Netherlands: US$19m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$7m
- United States: US$6m
- Poland: US$5m
- Finland: US$4m
- Spain: US$4m
- Czechia: US$4m
- Hungary: US$3m
- Thailand: US$3m
- Slovenia: US$2m
- Italy: US$2m
- Japan: US$2m
- United Kingdom: US$2m
- Belgium: US$2m
- Portugal: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- South Korea: US$1m
- Denmark: US$1m
- Australia: US$1m
- Austria: US$961k
- Sweden: US$690k
- Canada: US$624k
- Tunisia: US$592k
- Switzerland: US$308k
- Türkiye: US$307k
- Vietnam: US$258k
- Romania: US$234k
- South Africa: US$204k
- Greece: US$193k
- India: US$192k
- Mexico: US$142k
- Chile: US$132k
- Singapore: US$128k
- Malaysia: US$128k
- Ireland: US$118k
- Colombia: US$105k
- Lithuania: US$105k
- Mauritius: US$102k
- Bulgaria: US$97k
- Indonesia: US$84k
- United Arab Emirates: US$79k
- Norway: US$73k
- Saudi Arabia: US$68k
- Philippines: US$65k
- Latvia: US$63k
- Russia: US$55k
- Dominican Republic: US$51k
- Brazil: US$45k
- Luxembourg: US$29k
- Croatia: US$26k
- Serbia: US$25k
- Estonia: US$24k
- Israel: US$24k
- Peru: US$15k
- El Salvador: US$9k
- Panama: US$8k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$74kUS$74k+US$804k+US$5m+> US$15m
Imports: 197
- Germany: US$64m
- Netherlands: US$33m
- United States: US$27m
- France: US$26m
- Poland: US$19m
- Japan: US$15m
- Spain: US$15m
- Belgium: US$11m
- United Kingdom: US$11m
- Austria: US$11m
- Italy: US$9m
- Czechia: US$9m
- Switzerland: US$8m
- Hungary: US$8m
- Portugal: US$7m
- Denmark: US$6m
- Vietnam: US$6m
- Mexico: US$5m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$5m
- Australia: US$5m
- Taiwan: US$4m
- Canada: US$4m
- South Korea: US$3m
- Sweden: US$3m
- Slovakia: US$3m
- Bangladesh: US$3m
- Lithuania: US$3m
- Morocco: US$2m
- Bulgaria: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Russia: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- Norway: US$2m
- China: US$2m
- Brazil: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Kazakhstan: US$2m
- Cambodia: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- South Africa: US$1m
- Thailand: US$1m
- Ireland: US$1m
- Indonesia: US$1m
- United Arab Emirates: US$1m
- Colombia: US$916k
- Chile: US$886k
- Saudi Arabia: US$854k
- India: US$818k
- Slovenia: US$804k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$791k
- Greece: US$765k
- Iraq: US$684k
- New Zealand: US$669k
- Singapore: US$649k
- Argentina: US$638k
- Israel: US$616k
- Croatia: US$554k
- Iran: US$550k
- Nigeria: US$486k
- Philippines: US$473k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$202m | 54.2% | |
| 2 | US$44m | 11.8% | |
| 3 | US$27m | 7.3% | |
| 4 | US$23m | 6.2% | |
| 5 | US$19m | 5.1% | |
| 6 | US$7m | 1.8% | |
| 7 | US$6m | 1.6% | |
| 8 | US$5m | 1.3% | |
| 9 | US$4m | 1.2% | |
| 10 | US$4m | 1.1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$64m | 17.2% | |
| 2 | US$33m | 8.8% | |
| 3 | US$27m | 7.3% | |
| 4 | US$26m | 6.9% | |
| 5 | US$19m | 5% | |
| 6 | US$15m | 4.1% | |
| 7 | US$15m | 4.1% | |
| 8 | US$11m | 3% | |
| 9 | US$11m | 2.9% | |
| 10 | US$11m | 2.9% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 7.5%median duty
- 34number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 50%highest: Kiribati, Bahamas, Cambodia
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 0% – 6% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 50% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3.6%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 3% | 0% – 6% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 7% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 2.8%* | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2.7% | 2023 | ||
| 19% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 1.4% | 0% – 2.7% | 2023 | |
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 18% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 77834 Electrical lighting/signalling equipment (excluding articles of subgroup 778.2), windscreen wipers, defrosters & demisters, of a kind used for cycles/motor vehicles
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 511220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 46910 Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for internal combustion engines; generators and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with internal combustion engines; electrical lighting or signalling equipment (except filament or discharge lamps), windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2740 Manufacture of electric lighting equipment2930 Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8512.10 | changed |
| 2012 | 8512.10 | changed |
| 2007 | 8512.10 | changed |
| 2002 | 8512.10 | changed |
| 1996 | 8512.10 | changed |
| 1992 | 8512.10 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 2
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
Subheading 8512.10 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 2%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 8512.10; the duty is 2.7%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 2%; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £8m (down 10% on the year before), at an average of £30.16 per kg; China supplied 63%, followed by Taiwan.
World trade in these goods reached US$372m in 2024, down 2.6% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 54.2% of the total, ahead of Germany.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles?
Lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles fall under HS subheading 8512.10, part of heading 8512, in section XVI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8512.10 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8512.10 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind…?
China, with US$202m in 2024 (54.2% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 2% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (63%), Taiwan (18%) and Germany (5%), out of total imports of £8m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.