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HS 2022 subheading

HS code 8701.21: Truck tractors

HS code 8701.21 covers: Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel). It is a subheading of heading 8701, in chapter 87.

Where 8701.21 sits in the tariff

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. Countries and regions add their own digits after them.

  1. Chapter

    87 Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof

  2. Heading

    8701Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)

  3. Subheading

    8701.21 Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel)

Other subheadings under heading 8701

  • 8701.10Tractors; single axle
  • 8701.21Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel)This page
  • 8701.22Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motors for propulsion
  • 8701.23Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motors for propulsion
  • 8701.24Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with only electric motors for propulsion
  • 8701.29Tractors; road tractors for semi-trailers, with other propulsion methods n.e.c. in item no 8701.2
  • 8701.30Tractors; track-laying
  • 8701.91Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power not exceeding 18kW
  • 8701.92Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 18kW but not exceeding 37kW
  • 8701.93Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 37kW but not exceeding 75kW
  • 8701.94Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 75kW but not exceeding 130kW
  • 8701.95Tractors; n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709); of an engine power exceeding 130kW

How tariffs divide 8701.21 further

National and regional tariffs add digits after the six shared ones, splitting this subheading into more specific lines. The tables list every line we hold for 8701.21 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union2
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States3
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom2
India ITC-HS (8-digit)India1
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule1
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community2
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur1
Turkey GTIPTürkiye2
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt2
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa2
Lines in total18

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 2 lines

CodeDescription
8701 21 10Road tractors for semi-trailers – With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – New
8701 21 90Road tractors for semi-trailers – With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – Used

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 3 lines

CodeDescription
8701 21 00 15Road tractors for semi-trailers – With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – New – G.V.W. not exceeding 36,287 kg
8701 21 00 45Road tractors for semi-trailers – With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – New – G.V.W. exceeding 36,287 kg
8701 21 00 80Road tractors for semi-trailers – With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – Used

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 2 lines

CodeDescription
8701 21 10 00Road tractors for semi-trailers – With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – New
8701 21 90 00Road tractors for semi-trailers – With only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – Used

India ITC-HS (8-digit)

India — 1 line

CodeDescription
8701 21 00Road tractors for semi-trailers :

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 1 line

CodeDescription
8701 21 00 00 00Road tractors for semi-trailers with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel)

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 2 lines

CodeDescription
8701 21 10Road tractors for semi-trailers – with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – Unassembled
8701 21 90Road tractors for semi-trailers – with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – Other

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8701 21 00Road tractors for semi-trailers: – Only with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel)

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 2 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8701 21 10 00 00Tractors for semi-trailers: – Only with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel): – New
8701 21 90 00 00Tractors for semi-trailers: – Only with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel): – Used, Number

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 2 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8701 21 00 10Road tractors for semi-trailers, fitted only with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), other than those of heading 87.09, complete units.
8701 21 00 90Road tractors for semi-trailers, fitted only with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), other than those of heading 87.09, unassembled.

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 2 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8701 21 10 00Road tractors for semi-trailers – Only with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – New
8701 21 20 00Road tractors for semi-trailers – Only with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) – Used

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