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HS Code 86
Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
- 1. This chapter does not cover:
- (a) Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) 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 signaling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 8530.
- 2. Heading 8607 applies, inter alia, to:
- (a) Axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tires, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;
- (b) Frames, underframes, truck assemblies;
- (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) signaling, safety or traffic control equipment, whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields.
- 1. Railway locomotives (provided for in headings 8601 and 8602) and railway freight cars (provided for in heading 8606) on which no duty is owed are not subject to the entry or release requirements for imported merchandise set forth in Sections 448 and 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The Secretary of the Treasury may by regulation establish appropriate reporting requirements, including the requirement that a bond be posted to ensure compliance.
U.S. Tariff Rates
A/Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (duty-free treatment).
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Hercegov, Botswana, Br Virgin Is, Br Indian O Ter, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cen African Rep, Chad, Christmas Is, Cocos Is, Comoros, Congo (DROC), Congo (ROC), Cook Is, Cote d`Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica Is, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Gaza Strip, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada Is, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard & McDn Is, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldive Is, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat Is, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is, Pakistan, Papua New Guin, Paraguay, Philippines, Pitcairn Is, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome & Prin, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia Is, St Vinc & Gren, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau Is, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis & Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
A+/Only imports from least-developed beneficiary developing countries eligible for GSP under that subheading (duty-free treatment).
Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cen African Rep, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DROC), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome & Prin, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia
AU/Australia Special Rate
Australia
BH/Bahrain Special Rate
Bahrain
CL/Chile Special Rate
Chile
CO/Colombia Special Rate
Colombia
D/Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) (duty-free treatment)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Congo (ROC), Cote d`Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Prin, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia
E/Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)
CBERA
IL/Israel Special Rate (duty-free treatment)
Israel
JO/Jordan Special Rate
Jordan
KR/Korea Special Rate
Korea
MA/Morocco Special Rate
Morocco
OM/Oman Special Rate
Oman
P/Dominican Republic- Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
CAFTA + Dom. Rep.
PA/Panama Special Rate
Panama
PE/Peru Special Rate
Peru
SG/Singapore Special Rate
Singapore