EAEU HS code

8606 — Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (excl. self-propelled and luggage vans and post office coaches)

Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (excl. self-propelled and luggage vans and post office coaches)

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Where it sits in the nomenclature

Section XVII. Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

86Railway 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
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Explanatory notes to heading 8606 2 paragraphs

Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.

8606 Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons, not self-propelled: 8606 10 – tank wagons of all types 8606 30 – self-discharging vans and wagons, other than those of subheading 8606 10 – other: 8606 91 – – covered and closed 8606 92 – – open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60 cm 8606 99 – – other

This heading includes vehicles for the carriage of goods on railway networks (any gauge). It also includes small vehicles or platforms for transporting goods on rails, in mines, on construction sites, in factories, warehouses, etc. The latter usually differ in that they are not provided with springs. In addition to ordinary open wagons and platforms (platforms, rollover wagons, etc.) and covered wagons, this heading covers the following specialized types: (1) Tank wagons and the like (e.g. tank wagons, barrel wagons). (2) Thermoinsulated or refrigerated wagons. (3) Self-unloading wagons (tilting wagons, hopper wagons, etc.). (4) Platform wagons with reinforced floors for the carriage of heavy goods. (5) Platforms for transporting timber. (6) Reservoir wagons lined with ceramics, etc., tanks for the transport of chemical goods. (7) Horse carriages. (8) Double-decker wagons (for example, for the carriage of passenger cars). (9) Wagons specially equipped for carrying live poultry or fish. (10) Platforms for the transport of other platforms. (11) Narrow gauge wagons of all kinds. (12) Mine wagons. (13) Carts for the carriage of rails, beams, etc. (14) Platforms equipped with rails for the carriage of trailers moving both on rails and on highways. (15) Wagons and platforms specially designed for the carriage of radioactive goods. Trailers intended for carriage on special platforms equipped with guide rails are not included in this heading (heading 8716).

Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board

Notes to 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 3 items

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

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

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;

(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.

Codes inside

Only the ten-digit code carries a duty rate

Code	Name
8606 10	Railway or tramway tank wagons and the like (excl. self-propelled)
8606 30	Railway or tramway self-discharging goods vans and wagons (excl. tank wagons and the like and insulated or refrigerated goods vans and wagons)
8606 91	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons, covered and closed (excl. self-discharging goods vans and wagons and tank wagons and the like)
8606 92	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons, open, with non-removable sides of a height > 60 cm (excl. self-discharging wagons)
8606 99	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (excl. those specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive materials, tank wagons and the like, insulated, refrigerated or self-discharging goods vans and wagons and open goods vans and wagons with non-removable sides of a height > 60 cm)

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