Customs Tariff of Canada · tariff item · HS 8607.30
8607.30.90.00: Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof: other
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff of Canada, in force from 11 September 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8607 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock.
- 8607.30 Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof
- 8607.30.90 Other
- 8607.30.90.00 Other
What you pay
Importing into Canada
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
8607.30 Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof
Canada lines: 8607.30
- 8607.30.10.00For self-propelled railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic; For use in the repair of tramway vehicles (excluding subway cars) with magnetic track brakes; Parts for use in the manufacture of hydraulic cushioning devices (buffers) for railway rolling-stock
- 8607.30.90.00Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof: other
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N295304 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of railway coupler parts from Italy and Germany
Legal notes
Notes
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.
In the Customs Tariff of Canada, 8607.30.90.00 is one of 2 lines under subheading 8607.30, hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof.
The MFN tariff rate is 2.5%.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 1.7%, the Türkiye duty is 1.7%, the US duty is 2.6%–3.6%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 20%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
Canada imported goods of subheading 8607.30 worth US$50m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the Canada import duty for tariff item 8607.30.90.00?
The MFN tariff rate in the Customs Tariff of Canada is 2.5%. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Canada import these goods from?
For subheading 8607.30 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$28m), followed by Mexico.