8609 — Containers, incl. containers for the transport of fluids, specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport

8609 Containers (including containers for carrying liquids or gases) specially designed and equipped for single-sludge and multi-mode transport

These containers (including lift vans) are receptacles specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport (e.g., road, rail, water or air). They are reinforced with fittings (hooks, rings, castors, supports, etc.) to facilitate handling and transport and for securing them on a land vehicle, an aircraft or a vessel. They are intended for the "door-to-door" delivery of goods, without intermediate repacking in transit. They are of robust construction and are intended for repeated use. The ordinary container, of wood or metal, is a large box equipped with doors or removable side walls. The main types of containers are: (1) Containers for the transport of furniture. (2) Insulated containers for the transport of perishable goods. (3) Containers (usually cylindrical) for the transport of liquids or gases. These containers fall in this heading only if they have a base allowing them to be secured on any vehicle or on vessels; otherwise they are classified according to the material of which they are made. (4) Open containers for the bulk transport of coal, ores, paving blocks, bricks, tiles, etc. They often have hinged bottoms or sides to facilitate unloading. (5) Specialised types of containers for the transport of fragile goods such as glassware, ceramic ware, etc., or for the transport of animals. Containers generally have a capacity of 4 to 145 m3. Some types of containers are, however, smaller, but as a rule not less than 1 m3. The heading excludes: (a) boxes, cases, etc., which, although designed for the "door-to-door" delivery of goods, are not fitted, as indicated above, with devices for securing them on a land vehicle, an aircraft or a vessel; such containers are classified according to the material of which they are made; (b) road-rail trailers (designed mainly for use as road trailers but so constructed that they can be carried in special railway wagons equipped with guide rails) (heading 8716).

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

(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.