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Section XVII - Chapter 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 Signaling Equipment of All Kinds
Notes
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.

Schedule B No. and HeadingsCommodity DescriptionUnit of QuantitySecond Quantity
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 Signaling Equipment of All Kinds
8601 - Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators (batteries):
8601.10.0000 - - Powered from an external source of electricity No.
8601.20.0000 - - Powered by electric accumulators (batteries) No.
8602 - Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders:
8602.10.0000 - - Diesel-electric locomotives No.
8602.90.0000 - - Other No.
8603 - Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of heading 8604:
8603.10.0000 - - Powered from an external source of electricity No.
8603.90.0000 - - Other No.
8604.00.0000 - 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) No.
8605.00.0000 - 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) No.
8606 - Railway or tramway freight cars, not self-propelled:
8606.10.0000 - - Tank cars and the like No.
8606.30.0000 - - Self-discharging cars, other than those of subheading 8606.10 No.
- - Other:
8606.91.0000 - - - Covered and closed No.
8606.92.0000 - - - Open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60 cm No.
8606.99.0100 - - - Other No.
8607 - Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock:
- - Truck assemblies, axles and wheels, and parts thereof:
8607.11.0000 - - - Truck assemblies for self-propelled vehicles No.
8607.12.0000 - - - Other truck assemblies No.
8607.19 - - - Other, including parts:
- - - - Axles and parts thereof:
8607.19.0300 - - - - - Axles kg
8607.19.0600 - - - - - Parts of axles kg
- - - - Wheels and parts thereof, and any of such wheels or parts exported with axles fitted in them:
8607.19.1200 - - - - - Wheels, whether or not fitted with axles kg
8607.19.1500 - - - - - Parts of wheels kg
8607.19.3000 - - - - Parts of truck assemblies of vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 kg
8607.19.9000 - - - - Other kg
- - Brakes and parts thereof:
8607.21 - - - Air brakes and parts thereof:
8607.21.1000 - - - - For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 kg
8607.21.5000 - - - - Other (including locomotives) kg
8607.29 - - - Other:
8607.29.1000 - - - - For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 kg
8607.29.5000 - - - - Other (including locomotives) kg
8607.30 - - Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers and parts thereof:
8607.30.1000 - - - For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 kg
8607.30.5000 - - - Other (including locomotives) kg
- - Other:
8607.91.0000 - - - Of locomotives kg
8607.99 - - - Other:
8607.99.1000 - - - - For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606, except brake regulators kg
8607.99.5000 - - - - Other kg
8608.00.0000 - 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 kg
8609.00.0000 - Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport No.

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