Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 8607.99
8607.99.00: Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof: other
Other railway rolling stock parts
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8607 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock
- 8607.30.00 hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof
- 8607.99.00 other
What you pay
Importing into Switzerland
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
8607.99 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock: other, other
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU 1.7% – 3.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.7% 
Türkiye 1.7% – 3.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.7% 
USA 2.8% – 3.1% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 3% 
Canada Free – 11% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 4.9% 
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 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover:
(a) railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for hovertrains (heading 4406 or 6810);
(b) railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 7302; or
(c) electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 8530.
2. Heading 8607 applies, inter alia, to:
(a) axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;
(b) frames, underframes, bogies and bissel-bogies;
(c) axle-boxes; brake gear;
(d) buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;
(e) coachwork.
3. Subject to the provisions of note 1 above, heading 8608 applies, inter alia, to:
(a) assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges;
(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.
Swiss tariff number 8607.99.00 is a line of the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) under HS subheading 8607.99 (parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock: other, other).
The normal tariff rate is free.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 1.7%–3.7%, the Türkiye duty is 1.7%–3.7%, the US duty is 2.8%–3.1%, the Canada duty is 0%–11%, 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 Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 5%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
Switzerland imported goods of subheading 8607.99 worth US$212m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 8607.99.00?
The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is free. 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 Switzerland import these goods from?
For subheading 8607.99 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$110m), followed by Poland.