HTS tariff line · chapter 86
8604.00.00
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)
Analysis
HTS 8604.00.00 covers railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled (for example, workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing… under heading 8604 (railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled (for…).
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 15.5 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.9%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The general duty rate is 2.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 86 (48th percentile of 32 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $290 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
It is the only US line under subheading 8604.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 8604.00 points straight here.