Subheading · Chapter 86 · Heading 8604
8604.00: 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)
Subheading 8604.00 belongs to heading 8604 (railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles) in chapter 86.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8604 00 00 00 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)
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 4
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/583
- Documents
- L100 Import licence "controlled substances" (ozone), issued by the Commission
- Y902
- 9Y06
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y920 Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
- Import controlImport control of fluorinated greenhouse gases
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 517/2014
- Documents
- Y054 Goods labelled according to the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
- Y053
- Y986 Exemption from import prohibition according to Article 11.1 and 11.2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
- Y926
- 9066
- C057 Copy of the declaration of conformity - Option A, as referred to in Article 1.2 and in the Annex of Regulation (EU) 2025/2155
- C079 Copy of the declaration of conformity - Option B, as referred to in Article 1.2 and in the Annex of Regulation (EU) 2025/2155
- C082 Copy of the declaration of conformity - Option C, as referred to in Article 1.2 and in the Annex of Regulation (EU) 2025/2155
- 9065
- Y120 Undertaking importing less than 10 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent of hydrofluorocarbons, per year, contained in equipment or products, exempted from the provisions of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573 (Article 19.6 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573)
- Y950
- Y123 Undertaking registered in the F-Gas Portal according to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
- Y124
- Y976
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | £5.3m | 54.1% | -77.5% |
 Switzerland | £3m | 30.7% | -21.6% |
 Italy | £983k | 10% | — |
 Australia | £241k | 2.5% | — |
 Sweden | £118k | 1.2% | -2.7% |
 Brazil | £99k | 1% | — |
 United States | £18k | 0.2% | -99.9% |
 Germany | £17k | 0.2% | -98.4% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EUWorld trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$12m+US$35m+> US$161m
Exports: 61
- Austria: US$303m
- United States: US$161m
- Germany: US$140m
- China: US$106m
- Italy: US$91m
- Canada: US$42m
- Switzerland: US$35m
- Türkiye: US$30m
- Russia: US$29m
- France: US$22m
- India: US$22m
- Spain: US$17m
- Sweden: US$15m
- Mozambique: US$15m
- United Kingdom: US$13m
- Poland: US$12m
- Japan: US$8m
- Netherlands: US$6m
- South Korea: US$6m
- Uruguay: US$6m
- Slovakia: US$5m
- Luxembourg: US$5m
- Czechia: US$4m
- Belgium: US$4m
- Norway: US$3m
- Latvia: US$2m
- Australia: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Denmark: US$2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$2m
- New Zealand: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- South Africa: US$1m
- Malawi: US$1m
- Brazil: US$617k
- Portugal: US$611k
- Thailand: US$601k
- Romania: US$462k
- Uzbekistan: US$394k
- Mexico: US$330k
- Malaysia: US$264k
- Singapore: US$131k
- Serbia: US$130k
- Bulgaria: US$127k
- Senegal: US$76k
- Philippines: US$56k
- Montenegro: US$45k
- Ireland: US$34k
- Qatar: US$22k
- Lithuania: US$16k
- Belize: US$15k
- Iran: US$10k
- Belarus: US$7k
- Chile: US$6k
- Morocco: US$5k
- Bahrain: US$5k
- Finland: US$5k
- Zambia: US$2k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$1k
- Estonia: US$300
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$16m+US$33m+> US$58m
Imports: 111
- Canada: US$89m
- Poland: US$65m
- South Korea: US$64m
- Mexico: US$58m
- India: US$57m
- Germany: US$51m
- Norway: US$48m
- United States: US$46m
- Switzerland: US$42m
- France: US$38m
- Italy: US$33m
- Austria: US$30m
- Kazakhstan: US$28m
- Japan: US$26m
- Türkiye: US$24m
- United Kingdom: US$24m
- Australia: US$23m
- Taiwan: US$23m
- Spain: US$22m
- New Zealand: US$20m
- China: US$20m
- Nigeria: US$19m
- Czechia: US$18m
- Bulgaria: US$18m
- Brazil: US$18m
- Egypt: US$17m
- Angola: US$17m
- Romania: US$16m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$15m
- Saudi Arabia: US$14m
- United Arab Emirates: US$13m
- Malaysia: US$12m
- Guinea: US$10m
- Israel: US$9m
- Belgium: US$9m
- Algeria: US$7m
- Indonesia: US$6m
- Zimbabwe: US$5m
- Sweden: US$5m
- Sri Lanka: US$5m
- Philippines: US$5m
- Kenya: US$4m
- Mozambique: US$4m
- Liberia: US$4m
- Slovenia: US$3m
- Gabon: US$3m
- Senegal: US$3m
- Thailand: US$3m
- Uzbekistan: US$3m
- Netherlands: US$2m
- Chile: US$2m
- Greece: US$2m
- Panama: US$2m
- Greenland: US$2m
- Tanzania: US$2m
- Colombia: US$2m
- Luxembourg: US$2m
- Bangladesh: US$1m
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$1m
- Azerbaijan: US$1m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | US$303m | 27.1% |
| 2 | United States | US$161m | 14.4% |
| 3 | Germany | US$140m | 12.5% |
| 4 |  China | US$106m | 9.5% |
| 5 | Italy | US$91m | 8.2% |
| 6 |  Canada | US$42m | 3.8% |
| 7 | Switzerland | US$35m | 3.1% |
| 8 |  Türkiye | US$30m | 2.7% |
| 9 |  Russia | US$29m | 2.6% |
| 10 |  France | US$22m | 2% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | US$89m | 8% |
| 2 |  Poland | US$65m | 5.8% |
| 3 |  South Korea | US$64m | 5.8% |
| 4 |  Mexico | US$58m | 5.2% |
| 5 |  India | US$57m | 5.1% |
| 6 | Germany | US$51m | 4.5% |
| 7 |  Norway | US$48m | 4.3% |
| 8 | United States | US$46m | 4.1% |
| 9 | Switzerland | US$42m | 3.7% |
| 10 | France | US$38m | 3.4% |
Subheading 8604.00 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 1.7%.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides subheading 8604.00 into 8 tariff lines; the duty is 1.7%.
174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of .
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £9.8m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 77% on the year before); Austria supplied 54%, followed by Switzerland.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$1bn (−12.4% year on year).
The largest exporter was Austria (US$303m), followed by the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for 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)?
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) fall under HS subheading 8604.00, part of heading 8604, in section XVII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8604.00 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 1.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles in the EU?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 8604.00 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 1.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles?
Austria, with US$303m in 2024 (27.1% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Austria (54%), Switzerland (31%) and Italy (10%), out of total imports of £9.8m.