EU tariff chapter 86
RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF; RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES AND FITTINGS AND PARTS THEREOF; MECHANICAL (INCLUDING ELECTROMECHANICAL) TRAFFIC SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS. 9 headings and 29 eight-digit codes, with conventional duty rates from free to 3.7 per cent.
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for hovertrains (heading 4406 or 6810);
(b) railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 7302; or
(c) electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 8530.
2. Heading 8607 applies, inter alia, to:
(a) axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;
(b) frames, underframes, bogies and bissel-bogies;
(c) axle-boxes; brake gear;
(d) buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;
(e) coachwork.
3. Subject to the provisions of note 1 above, heading 8608 applies, inter alia, to:
(a) assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges;
(b) semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level-crossing control gear, signal and point controls, and other mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields.
Headings and duty rates
Heading 8601
Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8601 10 00 | Powered from an external source of electricity | 1.7 % | p/st |
| 8601 20 00 | Powered by electric accumulators | 1.7 % | p/st |
Heading 8602
Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8602 10 00 | Diesel-electric locomotives | 1.7 % | |
| 8602 90 00 | Other | 1.7 % |
Heading 8603
Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of heading 8604:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8603 10 00 | Powered from an external source of electricity | 1.7 % | p/st |
| 8603 90 00 | Other | 1.7 % | p/st |
Heading 8604 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8604 00 00 | Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled (for example, workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles) | 1.7 % | p/st |
Heading 8605 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8605 00 00 | Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self-propelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading 8604) | 1.7 % | p/st |
Heading 8606
Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons, not self-propelled:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8606 10 00 | Tank wagons and the like | 1.7 % | p/st |
| 8606 30 00 | Self-discharging vans and wagons, other than those of subheading 8606 10 | 1.7 % | p/st |
| Other: | |||
| 8606 91 | Covered and closed: | ||
| 8606 91 10 | Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive materials (Euratom) | 1.7 % | p/st |
| 8606 91 80 | Other | 1.7 % | p/st |
| 8606 92 00 | Open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60 cm | 1.7 % | p/st |
| 8606 99 00 | Other | 1.7 % | p/st |
Heading 8607
Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels, and parts thereof: | |||
| 8607 11 00 | Driving bogies and bissel-bogies | 1.7 % | |
| 8607 12 00 | Other bogies and bissel-bogies | 1.7 % | |
| 8607 19 | Other, including parts: | ||
| 8607 19 10 | Axles, assembled or not; wheels and parts thereof | 2.7 % | |
| 8607 19 90 | Parts of bogies, bissel-bogies and the like | 1.7 % | |
| Brakes and parts thereof: | |||
| 8607 21 | Air brakes and parts thereof: | ||
| 8607 21 10 | Of cast iron or cast steel | 1.7 % | |
| 8607 21 90 | Other | 1.7 % | |
| 8607 29 00 | Other | 1.7 % | |
| 8607 30 00 | Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof | 1.7 % | |
| Other: | |||
| 8607 91 | Of locomotives: | ||
| 8607 91 10 | Axle-boxes and parts thereof | 3.7 % | |
| 8607 91 90 | Other | 1.7 % | |
| 8607 99 | Other: | ||
| 8607 99 10 | Axle-boxes and parts thereof | 3.7 % | |
| 8607 99 80 | Other | 1.7 % |
Heading 8608 00 00
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8608 00 00 | Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electromechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing | 1.7 % |
Heading 8609 00
Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport:
| CN code | Description | Conventional duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8609 00 10 | Containers with an anti-radiation lead covering, for the transport of radioactive materials (Euratom) | Free | p/st |
| 8609 00 90 | Other | Free | p/st |
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