Subheading · Chapter 87 · Heading 8716

8716.20

8716.20: Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes

Subheading 8716.20 belongs to heading 8716 (trailers and semi-trailers) in chapter 87.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure Import requirements: 5
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

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  1. 8716 20 00 00 Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes Freep/st

Additional duties and import rules

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

Additional duties and charges 1

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 598
    Documents
    • 9014

Import requirements 5

  • 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 controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
    Applies to goods from
    Iran, Libya, Russia
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/461, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
    Documents
    • Y966 Goods other than those described in the MG footnotes linked to the measure (Missile Technology Control Regime list - Annex III of Reg. (EU) 267/2012)
    • 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 schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—Free
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, 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")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Free
DCTS Enhanced
Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more

Algeria, 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 more

Antigua & 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 more

Anguilla, 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

last 12 months£26.5m+31.5% · previous 12 months
Average import price£3.37 per kg
Jan 2024: £2mFeb 2024: £1.7mMar 2024: £2.7mApr 2024: £2mMay 2024: £2.6mJun 2024: £2.2mJul 2024: £2.2mAug 2024: £1.7mSept 2024: £1.8mOct 2024: £1.7mNov 2024: £1.7mDec 2024: £1.1mJan 2025: £1.9mFeb 2025: £1.5mMar 2025: £1.7mApr 2025: £2.5mMay 2025: £1.7mJun 2025: £1.7mJul 2025: £1.8mAug 2025: £1.2mSept 2025: £1.3mOct 2025: £1.8mNov 2025: £1.5mDec 2025: £2.1mJan 2026: £1.9mFeb 2026: £2.6mMar 2026: £2.8mApr 2026: £3.3mMay 2026: £2.4mJun 2026: £2.3mJul 2026: £2.7mAug 2026: £1.7m 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
Ireland £9.9m 37.5% +32.9%
Germany £6.3m 23.7% +27.8%
Denmark £2.2m 8.3% +186,559.4%
France £1.6m 6.1% +33.4%
Austria £1.5m 5.8% -19.1%
Belgium £959k 3.6% +3.7%
Canada £885k 3.3% -38.9%
Spain £447k 1.7% +90.2%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

8716.20 · US$896.9m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$438.7kUS$438.7k+US$7.5m+US$18.8m+> US$92.2m

Exports: 93
  1. Germany: US$165.8m
  2. United States: US$98.7m
  3. Poland: US$92.2m
  4. Austria: US$77.8m
  5. Netherlands: US$55.7m
  6. Belgium: US$43.6m
  7. Mexico: US$42.9m
  8. France: US$37.8m
  9. Canada: US$36.4m
  10. Hungary: US$18.8m
  11. Türkiye: US$18.4m
  12. Denmark: US$17.2m
  13. Lithuania: US$16.9m
  14. Slovenia: US$14.9m
  15. Italy: US$14.7m
  16. Estonia: US$14.4m
  17. China: US$14.3m
  18. Ireland: US$13m
  19. United Kingdom: US$11.7m
  20. Romania: US$9.6m
  21. Brazil: US$9.5m
  22. Israel: US$8.1m
  23. Spain: US$7.5m
  24. Czechia: US$6.6m
  25. Argentina: US$5.6m
  26. Guatemala: US$5.1m
  27. Portugal: US$5m
  28. Bulgaria: US$3.9m
  29. India: US$3.7m
  30. New Zealand: US$3.7m
  31. Sweden: US$2.2m
  32. Luxembourg: US$2m
  33. Russia: US$2m
  34. Finland: US$1.8m
  35. Ukraine: US$1.8m
  36. South Africa: US$1.8m
  37. Switzerland: US$1.6m
  38. Belarus: US$1.6m
  39. Thailand: US$1.1m
  40. Slovakia: US$1m
  41. North Macedonia: US$726.6k
  42. Serbia: US$598.6k
  43. Uganda: US$574.5k
  44. Croatia: US$554.5k
  45. Colombia: US$464k
  46. Latvia: US$438.7k
  47. Australia: US$389.4k
  48. Kenya: US$370.2k
  49. Kazakhstan: US$303.7k
  50. Uzbekistan: US$245.6k
  51. Norway: US$237k
  52. Chile: US$224.5k
  53. Costa Rica: US$206k
  54. Indonesia: US$197.9k
  55. Pakistan: US$177.5k
  56. Nicaragua: US$103.8k
  57. Moldova: US$89.3k
  58. Uruguay: US$88.4k
  59. Japan: US$81k
  60. Lebanon: US$78.1k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Germany US$165.8m 18.5%
2 United States US$98.7m 11%
3 Poland US$92.2m 10.3%
4 Austria US$77.8m 8.7%
5 Netherlands US$55.7m 6.2%
6 Belgium US$43.6m 4.9%
7 Mexico US$42.9m 4.8%
8 France US$37.8m 4.2%
9 Canada US$36.4m 4.1%
10 Hungary US$18.8m 2.1%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 Germany US$123.4m 13.8%
2 Canada US$93m 10.4%
3 United States US$70.6m 7.9%
4 Belgium US$52.2m 5.8%
5 France US$51.4m 5.7%
6 Poland US$48.9m 5.5%
7 Netherlands US$33.1m 3.7%
8 Austria US$32.1m 3.6%
9 Switzerland US$31.2m 3.5%
10 United Kingdom US$29.5m 3.3%

Import duty on this product around the world 165

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
  • 35number of duty-free countries (MFN)
  • 40%highest: Iran, Cuba, Egypt

165

Importing countryMFN dutylines from – todata year
Afghanistan 2.5% 2018 · HS 2012
Albania 2% 2023
Algeria 5% 2023
Angola 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda 5% 2021 · HS 2007
Argentina 14% 2023 · HS 2017
Armenia 5% 2023
Aruba 12% 2021 · HS 2012
Australia 5% 2023
Azerbaijan 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas 0% 2022
Bahrain 5% 2023
Bangladesh 1% 2023 · HS 2017
Barbados 5% 2022 · HS 2017
Belarus 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Belize 5% 2023
Benin 10% 2023
Bermuda 25% 2023
Bhutan 0% 2022
Bolivia 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina 10% 2022
Botswana 15% 2023
Brazil 14% 2023 · HS 2017
Brunei 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso 10% 2023
Burundi 5% 0% – 10% 2023
Cambodia 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon 20% 2023
Canada 3.3% 0% – 6.5% 2023
Cape Verde 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands 22% 2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic 20% 2023
Chad 20% 2023
Chile 6% 2023 · HS 2017
China 10% 2023
Colombia 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Comoros 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville 20% 2023
Cook Islands 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica 0% 2023
Côte d’Ivoire 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Cuba 30% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominica 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic 0% 2023
Ecuador 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Egypt 30% 2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador 0% 2022
Equatorial Guinea 20% 2023
Eswatini 15% 2023
Ethiopia 15% 0% – 35% 2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries) 2.7% 2023
Fiji 2.5% 0% – 5% 2023
French Polynesia 13% 2023
Gabon 20% 2023
Gambia 10% 2023
Georgia 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Ghana 10% 2023
Gibraltar 25% 2023 · HS 2017
Grenada 5% 2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala 0% 2023
Guinea 10% 2023
Guinea-Bissau 10% 2023
Guyana 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Haiti 0% 2020 · HS 2017
Honduras 0% 2023
Hong Kong SAR China 0% 2023
Iceland 0% 2023
India 10% 2023
Indonesia 15% 2023
Iran 40% 2020 · HS 2017
Israel 12% 2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica 1.7% 0% – 5% 2023
Japan 0% 2023
Jordan 13% 0% – 25% 2023
Kazakhstan 5% 2023
Kenya 5% 0% – 10% 2023
Kiribati 25% 2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait 5% 2023
Kyrgyzstan 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Laos 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon 5% 2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho 15% 2023
Liberia 10% 2023
Libya 7.5% 5% – 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein 2.8%* 2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China 0% 2023
Madagascar 5% 0% – 10% 2023
Malawi 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia 25% 2023
Maldives 25% 2023
Mali 10% 2023
Mauritania 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius 0% 2023
Mexico 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia 4% 2021 · HS 2017
Moldova 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia 5% 2023
Montserrat 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Morocco 14% 2.5% – 18% 2023
Mozambique 5% 2023
Myanmar (Burma) 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Namibia 15% 2023
Nauru 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Nepal 15% 2023
New Zealand 5% 2023
Nicaragua 0% 2023
Niger 10% 2023
Nigeria 10% 2023
North Macedonia 10% 2023
Norway 0% 2023
Oman 5% 2023
Pakistan 16% 2023
Palau 3% 2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories 12% 2017 · HS 2017
Panama 0% 2023
Papua New Guinea 0% 2023
Paraguay 2% 2023 · HS 2017
Peru 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Philippines 0% 2023
Qatar 5% 2023
Russia 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda 5% 0% – 10% 2023
Samoa 20% 2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe 10% 2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia 5% 2023
Senegal 10% 2023
Seychelles 0% 2023
Sierra Leone 10% 2023
Singapore 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Somalia 15% 2023 · HS 2017
South Africa 15% 2023
South Korea 8% 2023
Sri Lanka 20% 2023
St Kitts & Nevis 5% 2023
St Lucia 0% 2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon 5% 2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines 5% 2023
Sudan 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Suriname 5% 2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland 2%* 2023
Syria 20% 2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan 8% 2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania 5% 0% – 10% 2023
Thailand 10% 2023
Togo 10% 2023
Tonga 3% 2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago 0% 2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye 2.7% 2023
Tuvalu 19% 2017 · HS 2017
Uganda 5% 0% – 10% 2023
Ukraine 10% 2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates 5% 2023
United Kingdom 0% 2023
United States 0% 2023
Uruguay 14% 2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan 15% 2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu 15% 2023
Venezuela 14% 2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam 5% 2023
Wallis & Futuna 6% 2021 · HS 2012
Yemen 5% 2017 · HS 2017
Zambia 15% 2023
Zimbabwe 0.2% 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
78621 Self-loading/self-unloading trailers & semi-trailers for agricultural purposes
End use (BEC Rev. 5)
Capital goods · BEC 512020
CPC 2.1 product
44160 Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes
ISIC Rev. 4 activity
2821 Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery

Earlier HS editions

HSCode
20178716.20changed
20128716.20changed
20078716.20changed
20028716.20changed
19968716.20changed
19928716.20changed

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. US Tariff change

    Request for Public Comments on the Proposed Implementation of Duties on Additional Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Derivative Articles Under Section 232

    FR Doc. 2026-15961 · 91 FR 50756 · Source: federalregister.gov

Rule changes →

The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 8716.20; the duty is duty-free.

Subheading 8716.20 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is 2.7%.

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 Free.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

Imports of these goods into the UK came to £26.5m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 32% on the year before); Ireland supplied 38%, followed by Germany.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$896.9m (−14.7% year on year).

The largest exporter was Germany (US$165.8m), followed by the United States.

Products classified here

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes?

Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes fall under HS subheading 8716.20, part of heading 8716, in section XVII of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on self-loading or self-unloading trailers and… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8716.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on self-loading or self-unloading trailers and… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8716.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most self-loading or self-unloading trailers and…?

Germany, with US$165.8m in 2024 (18.5% 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 Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.

Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?

The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Ireland (38%), Germany (24%) and Denmark (8%), out of total imports of £26.5m.

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