Windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters
Windscreen wipers, defrosters, and demisters for vehicles
HSN 8512 40 00 (windscreen wipers, defrosters, and demisters for cycles or motor vehicles) is not covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order and carries no Partner Government Agency clearance requirement at the tariff-line level. Import follows the standard customs procedure: Importer-Exporter Code (IEC), bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Other electrical equipment under Chapter 85 — particularly lighting and signalling devices for vehicles — may fall under tariff lines that do carry compliance obligations; classification accuracy is the principal importer risk.
The absence of compliance at this tariff line does not extend to the broader heading: electrical lighting and signalling equipment for vehicles classified elsewhere within heading 8512 may attract BIS Quality Control Order obligations. Re-classification by customs on examination — for instance, where a combined wiper-and-defrost assembly is treated as a signalling or lighting unit — triggers retrospective compliance, including detention pending the relevant licence. Verify the precise product description and function against the customs tariff before relying on the absence of compliance.