Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan · statistical code · HS 8607.30

8607.30.000

8607.30.000: Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan, in force from 8 August 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 8607 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock
  2. 8607.30.000 Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof

What you pay

Importing into Japan

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin

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

UK Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line EU 1.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 1.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA 2.6% – 3.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3.1% Canada Free – 2.5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 1.3% Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan 5% 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 Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

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 16 April 2018 · 8607.30.10.00

    The tariff classification of railway coupler parts from Italy and Germany

Legal notes

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover:

  1. (a) railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for hovertrains (heading 4406 or 6810);

  2. (b) railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 7302; or

  3. (c) electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 8530.

2. Heading 8607 applies, inter alia, to:

  1. (a) axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;

  2. (b) frames, underframes, bogies and bissel-bogies;

  3. (c) axle-boxes; brake gear;

  4. (d) buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;

  5. (e) coachwork.

3. Subject to the provisions of note 1 above, heading 8608 applies, inter alia, to:

  1. (a) assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges;

  2. (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.

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Statistical code 8607.30.000 is a line of the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan under HS subheading 8607.30 (hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof).

The applied rate is free, and quantities are declared in KG.

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 Canada duty is 0%–2.5%, 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 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%.

Japan imported goods of subheading 8607.30 worth US$7m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.

Questions and answers

What is the Japan import duty for statistical code 8607.30.000?

The applied rate in the Customs Tariff Schedules of Japan is free; the supplementary unit is KG. 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 Japan import these goods from?

For subheading 8607.30 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$3m), followed by Germany.

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