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US HTS chapter 86
Short title: Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; track fixtures; traffic signalling equipment.
A short title is written by HTS Pilot; it is not the text of the schedule.
9 headings
The title of this chapter and its legal notes are not reproduced here. Chapter 86 at USITC, with its title and notes (PDF)
Heading Description Lines
8601 Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators (batteries) 2 8602 Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders 2 8603 Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of heading 8604 2 8604 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 8605 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 8606 Railway or tramway freight cars, not self-propelled 7 8607 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock 28 8608 Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signaling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing 1 8609 Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport 1
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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. The schedule at USITC
Not shown: the additional duties of Chapter 99 (such as Section 301 and Section 232), anti-dumping and countervailing duties, quotas and the legal notes.
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