²[CHAPTER 86

Railway Or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling-Stock And Parts Thereof; Railway Or Tramway Track Fixtures And
Fittings And Parts Thereof; Mechanical (Including Electro Mechanical) Traffic Signalling Equipment Of All Kinds.
(Section Notes)

Main 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, under frames, 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.

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^[helldodold[¹[CHAPTER 86

Railway Or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling-Stock And Parts Thereof; Railway Or Tramway Track Fixtures And
Fittings And Parts Thereof; Mechanical (Including Electro Mechanical) Traffic Signalling Equipment Of All Kinds.
 

Chapter Number	ITC(HS) Code	Description	Export Policy	Policy Condition	Notification  No	Notification Date
86	86	Railway Or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling-Stock And Parts Thereof; Railway Or Tramway Track Fixtures And Fittings And Parts Thereof; Mechanical (Including Electro-Mechanical) Traffic Signalling Equipment Of All Kinds.
86	8601	Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators.
86	86011000	Powered from an external source of electricity	Free
86	86012000	Powered by electric accumulators	Free
86	8602	Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders.
86	86021000	Diesel-electric locomotives	Free
86	860290	Other
86	86029010	Steam locomotives and tenders thereof	Free
86	86029090	Other	Free
86	8603	Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of heading 86.04.
86	86031000	Powered from an external source of electricity	Free
86	86039000	Other	Free
86	86040000	Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled (for example, workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles).	Free
86	86050000	Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not selfpropelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading 86.04).	Free
86	8606	Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons, not self-propelled.
86	860610	Tank wagons and the like
86	86061010	Four wheeler tank wagons of pay-load exceeding 23 tonnes	Free
86	86061020	Eight wheeler tank wagons of pay-load not exceeding 60 tonnes	Free
86	86061090	Other	Free
86	86063000	Self-discharging vans and wagons, other than those of subheading 8606.10	Free
86	860691	Other : -- Covered and closed
86	86069110	Meter guage eight wheeler covered wagons of payload not exceeding 38 tonnes	Free
86	86069120	Broad guage eight wheeler covered wagons of pay-load not exceeding 60 tonnes	Free
86	86069190	Other	Free
86	860692	Other : -- Open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60 cm
86	86069210	Bogie eight wheeler wagons of pay-load not exceeding 60 tonnes	Free
86	86069220	Broad guage bogie eight wheeler wagons of payload exceeding 60 tonnes but not exceeding 67 tonnes	Free
86	86069290	Other	Free
86	86069900	Other : -- Other	Free
86	8607	Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rollingstock.
86	86071100	Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels, and parts thereof : -- Driving bogies and bissel-bogies	Free
86	86071200	Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels, and parts thereof : -- Other bogies and bissel-bogies	Free
86	860719	Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels, and parts thereof : -- Other, including parts
86	86071910	Axles, wheels for coaches, van and wagons (rolling-stock)	Free
86	86071920	Axles and wheels for locomotives	Free
86	86071930	Axle boxes (lubricating or grease box)	Free
86	86071990	Other parts of axles and wheels	Free
86	86072100	Brakes and parts thereof : -- Air brakes and parts thereof	Free
86	86072900	Brakes and parts thereof : -- Other	Free
86	860730	Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof
86	86073010	Buffers and coupling devices	Free
86	86073090	Other	Free
86	86079100	Other : -- Of locomotives	Free
86	860799	Other : -- Other
86	86079910	Parts of coach work of railway running stock	Free
86	86079920	Parts of tramway, locomotives and running stock	Free
86	86079930	Hydraulic shock absorbers for railway bogies	Free
86	86079990	Other	Free
86	8608	Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing.
86	86080010	Railway and tramway track fixtures and fittings	Free
86	86080020	Mechanical equipment, not electrically powered for signalling to, or controlling, road rail or other vehicles, ships or aircraft	Free
86	86080030	Other traffic control equipment for railways	Free
86	86080040	Other traffic control equipment for roads or inland waterways and including automatic traffic control equipment for use at ports and airports	Free
86	86080090	Other	Free
86	86090000	Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport.	Free

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1. Inserted Vide:- Trade Notice No. 11/2024-25 Dated 02.08.2024

2. Substituted vide:- Notification No. 50/2024-25 Dated 13.01.2025