Subheading · Chapter 87 · Heading 8710
8710.00: Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
Tanks and armoured fighting vehicles
8710.00 is the HS subheading for tanks and armoured fighting vehicles, under heading 8710 in chapter 87.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8710 00 00 00 Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Import requirements 7
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 748, S.I. 2020/707, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9024
- 9032
- 9025
- 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 control
- Applies to goods from
- Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/855
- Documents
- Y920 Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, 2020 No. 1665
- 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
- Import controlImport control - Waste
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/590
- Documents
- C672 Information document accompanying shipments of waste as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 18 and Annex VII
- C669 Notification document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 - Article 5 and Annex IA
- Y923 Product not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
- C670 Movement document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 5 and Annex IB
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
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$4mUS$4m+US$64m+US$146m+> US$1bn
Exports: 75
- United States: US$2bn
- Canada: US$1bn
- South Korea: US$1bn
- Germany: US$536m
- Spain: US$363m
- Netherlands: US$353m
- Switzerland: US$265m
- Croatia: US$146m
- Israel: US$137m
- South Africa: US$108m
- Poland: US$105m
- Italy: US$101m
- Sweden: US$97m
- Finland: US$93m
- United Kingdom: US$84m
- China: US$84m
- Türkiye: US$69m
- Denmark: US$67m
- Slovakia: US$64m
- Russia: US$34m
- Czechia: US$34m
- United Arab Emirates: US$33m
- Australia: US$32m
- Belgium: US$32m
- Thailand: US$28m
- France: US$25m
- Romania: US$17m
- Brazil: US$14m
- Luxembourg: US$14m
- Singapore: US$11m
- Norway: US$11m
- Senegal: US$9m
- Oman: US$8m
- Latvia: US$8m
- Central African Republic: US$5m
- Mexico: US$4m
- Iceland: US$4m
- Bangladesh: US$4m
- Somalia: US$4m
- Egypt: US$4m
- Austria: US$3m
- Japan: US$3m
- Colombia: US$2m
- Montenegro: US$1m
- India: US$1m
- North Korea: US$976k
- Slovenia: US$952k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$881k
- Ukraine: US$808k
- Taiwan: US$799k
- Albania: US$681k
- New Zealand: US$452k
- Greece: US$443k
- Cambodia: US$432k
- Mali: US$375k
- Serbia: US$368k
- Ireland: US$311k
- Philippines: US$250k
- Indonesia: US$187k
- Chile: US$140k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$4mUS$4m+US$29m+US$152m+> US$516m
Imports: 129
- Poland: US$1bn
- Saudi Arabia: US$986m
- United States: US$519m
- Ukraine: US$516m
- Australia: US$424m
- Germany: US$339m
- United Kingdom: US$280m
- Belgium: US$280m
- Israel: US$235m
- South Korea: US$229m
- Kenya: US$211m
- Netherlands: US$167m
- Romania: US$152m
- Sweden: US$150m
- Lithuania: US$134m
- Canada: US$129m
- Norway: US$120m
- Switzerland: US$110m
- Indonesia: US$93m
- Spain: US$92m
- Taiwan: US$84m
- Uganda: US$56m
- United Arab Emirates: US$54m
- Türkiye: US$51m
- Philippines: US$42m
- Latvia: US$41m
- Czechia: US$39m
- Slovakia: US$39m
- Angola: US$34m
- Senegal: US$33m
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$32m
- Singapore: US$30m
- Thailand: US$29m
- Finland: US$25m
- Colombia: US$23m
- Morocco: US$23m
- Egypt: US$18m
- France: US$17m
- Lebanon: US$15m
- Serbia: US$14m
- Ecuador: US$14m
- Portugal: US$14m
- Brazil: US$13m
- Luxembourg: US$12m
- Malawi: US$11m
- Jordan: US$11m
- Austria: US$11m
- Estonia: US$10m
- Central African Republic: US$9m
- Croatia: US$8m
- Togo: US$8m
- Greece: US$7m
- Haiti: US$7m
- Chile: US$7m
- Moldova: US$6m
- Japan: US$6m
- Ghana: US$6m
- Iraq: US$6m
- Uruguay: US$6m
- Mexico: US$6m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$2bn | 22.7% | |
| 2 | US$1bn | 18.6% | |
| 3 | US$1bn | 18.3% | |
| 4 | US$536m | 7.2% | |
| 5 | US$363m | 4.9% | |
| 6 | US$353m | 4.7% | |
| 7 | US$265m | 3.5% | |
| 8 | US$146m | 2% | |
| 9 | US$137m | 1.8% | |
| 10 | US$108m | 1.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1bn | 18.3% | |
| 2 | US$986m | 13.2% | |
| 3 | US$519m | 6.9% | |
| 4 | US$516m | 6.9% | |
| 5 | US$424m | 5.7% | |
| 6 | US$339m | 4.5% | |
| 7 | US$280m | 3.7% | |
| 8 | US$280m | 3.7% | |
| 9 | US$235m | 3.1% | |
| 10 | US$229m | 3.1% |
Import duty on this product around the world 163
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
- 55number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 100%highest: Bhutan, Nauru, Bermuda
163
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 100% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 9% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.7% | 2023 | ||
| 32% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8.4% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.8%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 45% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 1.1%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 1.7% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; 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
- 89111 Tanks & other armoured fighting vehicles, motorized, whether/not fitted with weapons, & parts of such vehicles
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 812020
- CPC 2.1 product
- 44710 Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorized, and parts thereof
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3040 Manufacture of military fighting vehicles
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8710.00 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 8710.00 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 8710.00 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 8710.00 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 8710.00 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 8710.00 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 2
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.
- 600015048 HMRC
An exhaust manifold part, designed explicitly for use in Challenger Tanks and not for any other vehicles. The part is made from various metals and will be packaged in crates.
- 600010575 HMRC
The governor unit CDS/CR is designed to control the engine AJAX instead of the regular control unit (within the engine) for a limited operation under a nuclear event condition. It made from: Aluminium machined case with electroless nickel finish coating + 5 electronic connectors + internal…
Subheading 8710.00 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 1.7%.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides subheading 8710.00 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is 1.7%.
Imports of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles into the UK came to £490.3m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 15% on the year before).
In 2024, countries exported tanks and armoured fighting vehicles worth US$7bn (−48.9% year on year).
The largest exporter was the United States (US$2bn), followed by Canada.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles?
Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles fall under HS subheading 8710.00, part of heading 8710, in section XVII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8710.00 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 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles… in Türkiye?
Under the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, imports under 8710.00 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 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles…?
The United States, with US$2bn in 2024 (22.7% of world exports).