8524.12: Of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)

1. 8524 12 00 00 Of organic light-emitting diodes (oled) Freep/st

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£1.1m+47.2% · previous 12 months

Average import price£498.78 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
United States	£855k	74.4%	+57%
Japan	£133k	11.6%	+2.2%
China	£125k	10.9%	+228.4%
Vietnam	£21k	1.8%	—
Germany	£9k	0.8%	+616.6%
Türkiye	£3k	0.2%	—
Hong Kong SAR China	£2k	0.2%	+66.8%
Denmark	£2k	0.2%	—

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 3.5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	South Korea	US$12.6bn	84%
2	China	US$1.4bn	9.4%
3	Vietnam	US$627.6m	4.2%
4	Japan	US$87.8m	0.6%
5	Thailand	US$85.2m	0.6%
6	Hong Kong SAR China	US$72.2m	0.5%
7	Taiwan	US$56.2m	0.4%
8	Malaysia	US$38.3m	0.3%
9	United States	US$9.6m	0.1%
10	Slovakia	US$1.9m	0%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Vietnam	US$10.5bn	70.5%
2	China	US$2.3bn	15.7%
3	India	US$1.7bn	11.4%
4	Hong Kong SAR China	US$67.4m	0.5%
5	Malaysia	US$62.2m	0.4%
6	Germany	US$53m	0.4%
7	Mexico	US$45.9m	0.3%
8	Slovakia	US$42.5m	0.3%
9	South Korea	US$33.3m	0.2%
10	Japan	US$29.6m	0.2%

Import duty on this product around the world 93

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.

• 5%median duty
• 29number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 30%highest: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	22%	0% – 30%	2023
Armenia	4%	0% – 15%	2023
Australia	0%		2023
Bahamas	10%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	10%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%		2022
Botswana	10%	0% – 20%	2023
Burkina Faso	10%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cameroon	30%		2023
Canada	3%	0% – 6%	2023
Central African Republic	30%		2023
Chad	30%		2023
China	8%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	30%		2023
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Dominican Republic	10%	0% – 20%	2023
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	30%		2023
Eswatini	10%	0% – 20%	2023
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	13%		2023
Gabon	30%		2023
Gambia	10%		2023
Ghana	10%		2023
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	10%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	10%		2023
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	15%		2023
Indonesia	0%		2023
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	4%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	2.5%	0% – 13%	2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	10%	0% – 20%	2023
Liberia	10%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	10%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Namibia	10%	0% – 20%	2023
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	0%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	10%		2023
Nigeria	10%		2023
North Macedonia	0%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	20%		2023
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Philippines	0%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	25%		2023
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	10%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	10%		2023
South Africa	10%	0% – 20%	2023
South Korea	1.3%	0% – 8%	2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Switzerland	0%		2023
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	0%		2023
Togo	10%		2023
Türkiye	3.5%		2023
Uganda	25%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Vanuatu	15%		2023
Vietnam	0%		2023
Zambia	15%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.2%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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

87193 Other optical devices, appliances & instruments

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 611220

CPC 2.1 product

43220 Pumps for liquids; liquid elevators

43252 Parts for the goods of subclass 43220

43230 Air or vacuum pumps; air or other gas compressors

44815 Fans and ventilating or recycling hoods of the domestic type

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2813 Manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves

2750 Manufacture of domestic appliances

2819 Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery

2815 Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

2. Tariff change 22 June 2026 · Applies from: 12 July 2026

   Regulation (EU) 2026/1395 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2026 on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012

   CELEX 32026R1395 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

3. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

4. Sanctions 19 May 2026 · Applies from: 20 May 2026

   The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

   S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 9013.80.

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