HS Codes for Car Stickers and Badges

[romeo b]

Hi,
We are trying to find a suitable HS code to ship some Vehicle Stickers overseas. A Google search shows 39199010 but when looking on the HS website it suggests this number has changed or moved now. They are going to be in decal form, in small envelopes.

Anyone on here use a suitable code and can provide one for me to cross reference on the HS tariff website?

Cheers.

 

[romeo b]

Tried to edit above but timed out. Looks like "3920491030" might work.

Commodity code 3920491030: Film of a (polyvinyl)chloride-copolymer- containing by weight 45% or more of fillers- on a support - UK Integrated Online Tariff - GOV.UK

Film of a (polyvinyl)chloride-copolymer<br>- containing by weight 45 % or more of fillers<br>- on a support<br>

www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

Film of a (polyvinyl)chloride-copolymer
- containing by weight 45 % or more of fillers
- on a support

 

[WaveJumper]

Have you had a look here you might be able to refine your search a bit more if required

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - UK Integrated Online Tariff - GOV.UK

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials

www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

 

[DefinitelyMaybeUK]

Vehicle Stickers

If they're 'stickers' then wasn't your first code 391990 more suited, i.e Self-adhesive? The second code 392049 implies non-adhesive. We use 391990 for decals, but always open to change If you must enter more than the WTO 6 digits codes, then shouldn't you really be checking the specific code needed of the importing country/union not the exporting one?

 

[romeo b]

If they're 'stickers' then wasn't your first code 391990 more suited, i.e Self-adhesive? The second code 392049 implies non-adhesive. We use 391990 for decals, but always open to change If you must enter more than the WTO 6 digits codes, then shouldn't you really be checking the specific code needed of the importing country/union not the exporting one?

How do you mean here? The item is surely the same regardless of where it's going?

Do you use 391990 as it is, or with the additional digits to suit the item? Otherwise it seems vague and incomplete as there's 50 additional commodities/variables for that number, and the HS code is supposedly the full 10 digits. Unless I misunderstood?

Maybe this is more suited to our use (3919108085) (but says "rolls not exceeding 20cm") - but we don't ship stuff on rolls anyway. It's flat cut sheet decal format.

https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/3919108085

Then there's the "other" commodity outside of the 20cm limit - 3919908028:

Commodity code 3919908028: Poly(vinyl chloride), poly(ethyleneterephthalate), polyethylene or any other polyolefin film: -coated on one side with an acrylic uv-sensitive adhesive and a liner -of a total thickness of 65 μm or more without release line

Poly(vinyl chloride), poly(ethyleneterephthalate), polyethylene or any other polyolefin film: -coated on one side with an acrylic uv-sensitive adhesive and a liner -of a total thickness of 65 μm or more without release liner

www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

 

[DefinitelyMaybeUK]

The item is surely the same regardless of where it's going?

Not necessarily - the WTO only define the first 6 digits to be globally recognised, all others are importing country specific. Some countries only recognise 8 digits e.g. Norway:

Tolltariffen

tolltariffen.toll.no

Some support 10, but that doesn't mean they are the same as the UK, EU etc. Take the USA for example:

Harmonized Tariff Schedule

hts.usitc.gov

In this case, USA (and also Norway as it happens), your 3919108085 isn't recognised by any of them as the "80" subheading is not defined. In reality, you'd hope an importing customs office would just ignore anything it didn't understand, so your 3919108085 would become 391910 in these cases. It may mean a marginal change in duty rate for the USA case (6.5% or 5.8%), but no difference at all for Norway (0%).

Do you use 391990 as it is, or with the additional digits to suit the item?

It depends - our integration can change the code depending on destination - to the EU we use the full 10, others may just get the default 6, Switzerland may get 8 (but here again the 7&8 digits aren't necessarily same as an EU 7&8). It probably makes little difference for small value items and no one wants overhead - having too many different codes on a courier order is bad news as it will typically incur multi-line entry fees (can be €5 a shot for EU countries with UPS/DHL etc) for each item line over 5 with a different code/origin combination. Royal mail (and parcelforce on the non-express services I believe) don't (currently) have a line limit.

Chances are, in your envelope case for a single(?) decal, no duty is relevant as its value is under the import threshold so not worth stressing on nailing down a too specific code that someone could take a different view on in any case (or maybe just ignore). It's probably worth it on high value items / order combinations, which is where we started to come unstuck originally, so now try and make it recognised for the recipient.

 

[MOIC]

If it's from China . . . . . . . .Ask your supplier what HS code they use to clear China Export Customs (They will have it).

 

[romeo b]

If it's from China . . . . . . . .Ask your supplier what HS code they use to clear China Export Customs (They will have it).

It's us exporting it, to Europe. We produced it here from scratch.

Not necessarily - the WTO only define the first 6 digits to be globally recognised, all others are importing country specific. Some countries only recognise 8 digits e.g. Norway:

Tolltariffen

tolltariffen.toll.no

Some support 10, but that doesn't mean they are the same as the UK, EU etc. Take the USA for example:

Harmonized Tariff Schedule

hts.usitc.gov

In this case, USA (and also Norway as it happens), your 3919108085 isn't recognised by any of them as the "80" subheading is not defined. In reality, you'd hope an importing customs office would just ignore anything it didn't understand, so your 3919108085 would become 391910 in these cases. It may mean a marginal change in duty rate for the USA case (6.5% or 5.8%), but no difference at all for Norway (0%).

It depends - our integration can change the code depending on destination - to the EU we use the full 10, others may just get the default 6, Switzerland may get 8 (but here again the 7&8 digits aren't necessarily same as an EU 7&8). It probably makes little difference for small value items and no one wants overhead - having too many different codes on a courier order is bad news as it will typically incur multi-line entry fees (can be €5 a shot for EU countries with UPS/DHL etc) for each item line over 5 with a different code/origin combination. Royal mail (and parcelforce on the non-express services I believe) don't (currently) have a line limit.

Chances are, in your envelope case for a single(?) decal, no duty is relevant as its value is under the import threshold so not worth stressing on nailing down a too specific code that someone could take a different view on in any case (or maybe just ignore). It's probably worth it on high value items / order combinations, which is where we started to come unstuck originally, so now try and make it recognised for the recipient.

Thanks. I think we'll run with 3919908028, it's on the UK HS Lookup so from my POV it's approved for me to export using it from here.

If it's truncated/shortened in a destination country, then the 391990 comes into play, which is OK too I guess.

I'm surprised the 'system' isn't uniform and one code is recognisable everywhere ?‍

More madness that is making small business export difficult to navigate.

 

[MOIC]

It's us exporting it, to Europe.

Noted. I should have read your post more clearly. My bad (I love that from the USA . . . . . . . actually I don't . . . . . need to find an 'English' alternative, apart from saying 'my mistake, 'my error' . . . . . .perhaps for a new thread)

There are always nuances with the last few figures, which I presume is country specific based on their requirements. Harmonised Codes . . . . .which are nearly harmonised!

 

[romeo b]

Chances are, in your envelope case for a single(?) decal, no duty is relevant as its value is under the import threshold so not worth stressing on nailing down a too specific code that someone could take a different view on in any case (or maybe just ignore). It's probably worth it on high value items / order combinations, which is where we started to come unstuck originally, so now try and make it recognised for the recipient.

I forgot to reply to this bit above. You know VAT import threshold was scrapped in July 2021 for Europe as a whole, right? If it's £1 or £100, it's chargeable and subject to VAT at the country/commodities rate. That was the whole reasoning behind the IOSS for the EU. Ebay orders the customer prepays the VAT so should theoretically avoid customs / duty / handling charges, but it's not always the case. The value of the item being low is no longer a reason for it to bypass any checks and reach the recipients letterbox without issue.

I've sent £6 items to Spain and they have been charged up to €35 to get the items from Correos/ADTPostales, despite the customer paying the VAT already too. Most items from Spain come back now and rarely get through regardless of declared value or anything.

The only things we can see varying is the threshold of handling charges per country. Germany/France seems to get stuff delivered without a hiccup for the customer, but Spain is almost pointless selling to nowadays.

 

[DefinitelyMaybeUK]

You know VAT import threshold was scrapped in July 2021

Yes, I realise that - when I said duty I was referring to that which would be chargeable at your tariff code rate if the goods value is over €150 to the EU - if all your items are sent IOSS then by definition no tariff duty is applicable, only VAT, as IOSS doesn't handle orders over €150 and hence will be exempt from duty, which makes the the whole tariff code thing arbitrary from the recipients point of view in terms of what % might be charged as it will always be 0.

re: Spain - does seem crazy, especially as it's IOSS. Even if they had to pay the DDU handling, that would only be €5 - €6 iirc, the VAT part would only be €1.26 - so seems incompetent as best ?