9405.61: Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources

1. 9405 61 00 00 Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (led) light sources
2. 9405 61 20 00 Of plastics 4%
3. 9405 61 20 10 Illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, for use in civil aircraft 4%
4. 9405 61 20 90 Other 4%
5. 9405 61 80 00 Of other materials 2%
6. 9405 61 80 10 Illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, of base metal, for use in civil aircraft 2%
7. 9405 61 80 20 Hand-made 2%
8. 9405 61 80 90 Other 2%

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£29.8m-6.2% · previous 12 months

Average import price£15.15 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£8.8m	29.5%	-11.8%
Poland	£6.1m	20.4%	+25.9%
Germany	£4.1m	13.9%	+15.6%
Spain	£2.4m	7.9%	-43.3%
Türkiye	£1.5m	4.9%	+12.9%
Serbia	£1.1m	3.6%	-49.2%
France	£963k	3.2%	+10.3%
Netherlands	£946k	3.2%	+7.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 2.7% – 4.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.7% Türkiye 2.7% – 4.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.7% USA 5.3% – 6% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 5.7% Canada 7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico 25% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil 16.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina 18% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand Free Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Japan Free – 4.8% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.4% Taiwan 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines GCC 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line North Macedonia 15% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$290m	30.6%
2	Germany	US$89m	9.5%
3	Poland	US$56m	6%
4	Canada	US$30m	3.2%
5	Türkiye	US$29m	3.1%
6	Mexico	US$29m	3.1%
7	France	US$29m	3%
8	Vietnam	US$29m	3%
9	Spain	US$26m	2.8%
10	United States	US$24m	2.6%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$186m	19.7%
2	Germany	US$78m	8.2%
3	France	US$59m	6.3%
4	Austria	US$41m	4.3%
5	United Kingdom	US$40m	4.2%
6	Switzerland	US$34m	3.6%
7	Netherlands	US$33m	3.5%
8	Norway	US$24m	2.5%
9	Australia	US$23m	2.5%
10	Belgium	US$21m	2.2%

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.

• 20%median duty
• 7number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 38%highest: Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	15%		2023
Algeria	30%		2023
Armenia	9%	5% – 12%	2023
Australia	5%		2023
Bahamas	18%	0% – 45%	2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	20%		2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	13%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%	0% – 10%	2022
Botswana	20%		2023
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cameroon	30%		2023
Canada	7%		2023
Central African Republic	30%		2023
Chad	30%		2023
China	10%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	30%		2023
Costa Rica	14%		2023
Dominican Republic	20%		2023
El Salvador	15%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	30%		2023
Eswatini	20%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	3.7%	2.7% – 4.7%	2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	13%		2023
Gabon	30%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Ghana	20%		2023
Guatemala	15%		2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Honduras	15%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	25%		2023
Indonesia	10%		2023
Jamaica	20%		2023
Japan	2.4%	0% – 4.8%	2023
Jordan	5%		2023
Kazakhstan	9%	5% – 12%	2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	20%		2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malaysia	20%		2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritius	15%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	38%	18% – 40%	2023
Mozambique	20%		2023
Namibia	20%		2023
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	3.8%	0% – 5%	2023
Nicaragua	15%		2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	15%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	20%		2023
Panama	15%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Philippines	10%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	25%		2023
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
South Africa	20%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	20%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	25%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	20%		2023
Switzerland	2.9%*		2023
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	20%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Türkiye	24%	23% – 25%	2023
Uganda	25%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	2.8%	2% – 4%	2023
United States	5.7%	5.3% – 6%	2023
Vanuatu	15%		2023
Vietnam	20%		2023
Zambia	25%		2023
Zimbabwe	0%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; 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

8132 Illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates & the like

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 311220

CPC 2.1 product

46531 Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (except those for cycles or motor vehicles); electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings (except those for lighting public open spaces or thorough-fares); electric table, desk, bedside or floor-standing lamps; non-electrical lamps and lighting fittings; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2740 Manufacture of electric lighting equipment

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 4

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. Other 19 May 2026

   Update to VAT Z Coverage on Aircraft and Aircraft Parts – 19 May 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6334 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

5. Sanctions 23 April 2026 · Applies from: 22 April 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506 of 23 April 2026 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

   CELEX 32026R0506 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

Rule changes →

Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 9405.60.

Products classified here

• illuminated signs

Questions and answers

Typical products

• illuminated signs

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.