| HS Code | Official Doc | Tariff Rate | Origin | Destination | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8310000000 | Doc | 55.0% | CN | US | 2025-05-12 |
| 3919901000 | Doc | 61.5% | CN | US | 2025-05-12 |
| 3919905060 | Doc | 60.8% | CN | US | 2025-05-12 |
| 3921904010 | Doc | 34.2% | CN | US | 2025-05-12 |
| 3921904090 | Doc | 34.2% | CN | US | 2025-05-12 |
Car Door Stickers
Car door stickers, also known as car door side skirts, body decals, or auto vinyl graphics, are decorative or protective films applied to the sides of vehicle doors. They serve aesthetic and functional purposes, enhancing the vehicle's appearance and offering a degree of protection against minor impacts and scratches.
Materials
- Vinyl: The most common material, available in various grades including:
- Calendered Vinyl: Economical, suitable for short-term applications and simpler designs. Less conformable to complex curves.
- Cast Vinyl: Higher quality, more durable, and conformable to curves and rivets. Ideal for long-term applications and intricate designs.
- Polymeric Vinyl: Offers a balance between calendered and cast vinyl in terms of durability and conformability.
- Polypropylene (PP): Used for some specialized stickers, offering good water resistance.
- Reflective Vinyl: Incorporates reflective particles for increased visibility, often used for safety markings.
Purpose & Function
- Aesthetic Enhancement: Personalize the vehicle's appearance with colors, patterns, and designs.
- Protection: Shields the door paint from minor scratches, scuffs, and impacts (e.g., from shopping carts, other car doors).
- Branding/Advertising: Used by businesses to display logos, contact information, or promotional graphics.
- Racing/Sport Appearance: Often used to create a sporty look, mimicking racing stripes or side skirt designs.
- UV Protection: Some stickers feature UV-resistant coatings to prevent fading and discoloration.
Usage Scenarios
- Personal Vehicle Customization: Individuals modifying their cars for aesthetic purposes.
- Commercial Fleet Branding: Businesses applying logos and graphics to company vehicles.
- Racing Teams: Applying sponsor logos and racing stripes to race cars.
- Car Dealerships: Applying temporary graphics for promotions or model identification.
- Event/Show Cars: Applying unique designs for car shows and events.
Common Types
- Full Door Stripes: Long, continuous designs that run the length of the door.
- Side Skirt Decals: Applied to the lower portion of the door, mimicking side skirts.
- Racing Stripes: Typically two or more parallel stripes running along the length of the door.
- Graphic Decals: Feature custom images, logos, or text.
- Carbon Fiber Stickers: Mimic the appearance of carbon fiber material.
- Reflective Stickers: Enhance visibility in low-light conditions.
- Door Handle/Edge Protectors: Small stickers designed to protect specific areas of the door from damage.
- Rock Chip Protectors: Applied behind the wheels to protect against stone chips.
Car door stickers can be categorized based on their material and function. They are typically adhesive sheets applied to the exterior of car doors for decorative, protective, or branding purposes. Considering these characteristics, the following HS codes are relevant:
- 3919901000: Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls: Other: Having a light-reflecting surface produced in whole or in part by glass grains (ballotini). This code applies if the car door stickers incorporate glass grains for reflective properties, enhancing visibility. The tax rate is 6.5% basic tariff, 25.0% additional tariff, and 30% additional tariff after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 61.5%.
- 3919905060: Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls: Other: Other. This code is applicable for self-adhesive car door stickers made of plastic, excluding those with light-reflecting surfaces produced by glass grains. The tax rate is 6.5% basic tariff, 25.0% additional tariff, and 30% additional tariff after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 60.8%.
- 3921904010: Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics: Other: Flexible Reinforced with paper. If the car door stickers are flexible plastic sheets reinforced with paper, this HS code is relevant. The tax rate is 4.2% basic tariff, 0.0% additional tariff, and 30% additional tariff after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 34.2%.
- 3921904090: Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics: Other: Flexible Other. This code applies to flexible plastic sheets used as car door stickers, excluding those reinforced with paper. The tax rate is 4.2% basic tariff, 0.0% additional tariff, and 30% additional tariff after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 34.2%.
Chapter 39 covers plastics and articles thereof. Chapter 39, Heading 19 specifically addresses self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes of plastics. Chapter 39, Heading 21 covers other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics.
It is important to determine the exact material composition (plastic type, presence of paper reinforcement) and features (self-adhesive, light-reflecting) of the car door stickers to select the most appropriate HS code.