8701.29: Road tractors for semi-trailers: other

1. 8701 29 00 00 Other 10%p/st

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£42.2m-15.5% · previous 12 months

Average import price£11.93 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Netherlands	£26.5m	62.8%	+0.8%
Spain	£14m	33.1%	-25.4%
Sweden	£754k	1.8%	-57.8%
Ireland	£415k	1%	+3,803.2%
Italy	£377k	0.9%	-86.9%
Belgium	£204k	0.5%	—
China	£6k	0%	—
Germany	£0	0%	-100%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 16% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA 4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada 6.1% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Mexico 20% – 50% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 35% Brazil 35% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 35% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 1.7% Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan 25% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 5% – 10% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 7.5% Nigeria 10% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$263m	31.6%
2	Germany	US$163m	19.5%
3	Netherlands	US$96m	11.6%
4	France	US$42m	5.1%
5	Sweden	US$35m	4.2%
6	Spain	US$32m	3.8%
7	Belgium	US$31m	3.7%
8	Poland	US$30m	3.6%
9	Brazil	US$20m	2.4%
10	South Africa	US$15m	1.8%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Lithuania	US$112m	13.4%
2	Netherlands	US$72m	8.6%
3	Uzbekistan	US$67m	8%
4	Russia	US$66m	7.9%
5	Malaysia	US$61m	7.3%
6	Peru	US$43m	5.1%
7	United Kingdom	US$41m	4.9%
8	Poland	US$33m	4%
9	Romania	US$26m	3.2%
10	France	US$23m	2.8%

Import duty on this product around the world 93

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

• 5%median duty
• 28number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 35%highest: Bermuda, Maldives, Morocco

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Armenia	10%	5% – 13%	2023
Australia	5%		2023
Bahamas	0%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	35%		2023
Bhutan	0%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	10%		2022
Botswana	23%	20% – 25%	2023
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	6.1%		2023
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
China	6%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	23%	20% – 25%	2023
European Union (27 countries)	16%		2023
Fiji	0%		2023
French Polynesia	0%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	5%		2023
Ghana	5%		2023
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	10%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	9.7%	5% – 13%	2023
Kenya	13%	0% – 25%	2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	23%	20% – 25%	2023
Liberia	5%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	0%		2023
Malaysia	15%	0% – 30%	2023
Maldives	35%		2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	24%	2.5% – 40%	2023
Mozambique	5%		2023
Namibia	23%	20% – 25%	2023
Nepal	5%		2023
New Zealand	1.7%	0% – 5%	2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	5%		2023
Nigeria	5%		2023
North Macedonia	7.5%	5% – 10%	2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	16%	11% – 20%	2023
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Philippines	3%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Saudi Arabia	15%		2023
Senegal	5%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	5%		2023
South Africa	23%	20% – 25%	2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Switzerland	0.6%*		2023
Tanzania	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Thailand	20%		2023
Togo	5%		2023
Türkiye	16%		2023
Uganda	0%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	10%		2023
United States	4%		2023
Vanuatu	5%		2023
Vietnam	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Zambia	0%		2023
Zimbabwe	0%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4

7832 Road tractors for semi-trailers

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Capital goods · BEC 512020

CPC 2.1 product

49111 Road tractors for semi-trailers

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2910 Manufacture of motor vehicles

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Tariff change 1 September 2026

   UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 497 commodity codes

   Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-01 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

2. Sanctions 23 July 2026 · Applies from: 1 August 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1846 of 23 July 2026 amending Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine

   CELEX 32026R1846 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

3. Sanctions 23 July 2026 · Applies from: 14 July 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1848 of 23 July 2026 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

   CELEX 32026R1848 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

4. Suspension 30 June 2026 · Applies from: 16 July 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1463 of 25 June 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain agricultural and industrial products

   CELEX 32026R1463 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

5. Tariff change 22 June 2026 · Applies from: 12 July 2026

   Regulation (EU) 2026/1395 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2026 on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012

   CELEX 32026R1395 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

6. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

7. Tariff change 11 March 2026

   Missing Tariff Preference added to Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) for Australia and Brunei. Stop Press – 11 March 2026

   Trade Tariff news 5146 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 8701.20.

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