Customs Declare
HS 2022 subheading

HS code 8703.80: Electric cars

HS code 8703.80 covers: Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion. It is a subheading of heading 8703, in chapter 87.

Where 8703.80 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

    8703Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars

  3. Subheading

    8703.80 Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion

Other subheadings under heading 8703

  • 8703.10Vehicles; specially designed for travelling on snow, golf cars and similar vehicles
  • 8703.21Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc
  • 8703.22Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc
  • 8703.23Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc
  • 8703.24Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc
  • 8703.31Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity not over 1500cc
  • 8703.32Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc
  • 8703.33Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc
  • 8703.40Vehicles; with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power
  • 8703.50Vehicles; with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power
  • 8703.60Vehicles; with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power
  • 8703.70Vehicles; with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power
  • 8703.80Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsionThis page
  • 8703.90Vehicles; for transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702) n.e.c. in heading no. 8703

How tariffs divide 8703.80 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 8703.80 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union2
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States4
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom3
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule4
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community1
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur1
Turkey GTIPTürkiye4
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt8
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa3
Lines in total30

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 2 lines

CodeDescription
8703 80 10Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsion – New
8703 80 90Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsion – Used

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 4 lines

CodeDescription
8703 80 00 20Other vehicles, with only electric motors for propulsion – With an EPA-rated range not exceeding 250 miles – New
8703 80 00 45Other vehicles, with only electric motors for propulsion – With an EPA-rated range not exceeding 250 miles – Used
8703 80 00 60Other vehicles, with only electric motors for propulsion – With an EPA-rated range exceeding 250 miles – New
8703 80 00 80Other vehicles, with only electric motors for propulsion – With an EPA-rated range exceeding 250 miles – Used

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 3 lines

CodeDescription
8703 80 10 10Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsion – New – New battery electric vehicles, principally designed for the transport of nine or less persons, including the driver, excluding L category vehicles according to Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and motorcycles, propelled (regardless of the number of wheels set in motion) solely by one or more electric motors, including those with an internal combustion range extender (an auxiliary power unit)
8703 80 10 90Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsion – New – Other
8703 80 90 00Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsion – Used

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 4 lines

CodeDescription
8703 80 00 00 01Motor cars & other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 9 persons or less, with only electric motor for propulsion - Ambulance
8703 80 00 00 02Motor cars & other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 9 persons or less, with only electric motor for propulsion - Armored vehicles
8703 80 00 00 03Motor cars & other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 9 persons or less, with only electric motor for propulsion - With only electric motor works by connecting to an external source of electric power Cars
8703 80 00 00 04Motor cars & other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of 9 persons or less, with only electric motor for propulsion - Cars With only electric motor works by fuel cell (hydrogen)

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 1 line

CodeDescription
8703 80 00Other vehicles, with only electric motor for propulsion

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 1 line

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

CodeDescription
8703 80 00Other vehicles, equipped solely with electric motor for propulsion

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 4 lines

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

CodeDescription
8703 80 10 00 21Other vehicles (only electric motor propelled) – New: – Motor cars: – Having an internal combustion engine not providing motive power
8703 80 10 00 29Other vehicles (only electric motor propelled) – New: – Motor cars: – Other
8703 80 10 00 39Other vehicles (only electric motor propelled) – New: – Other
8703 80 90 00 00Other vehicles (only electric motor propelled) – Used Unit: Number

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 8 lines

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

CodeDescription
8703 80 10 10Motor cars designed for the transport of persons and goods, equipped only with an internal combustion engine, spark-ignition or compression-ignition [diesel or semi-diesel], to charge the electric propulsion motor, and which are chargeable by connection to an external source of electric power with a capacity of up to 200 kW.
8703 80 10 20Other vehicles, fitted only with an electric motor for propulsion and fitted only with a spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine [diesel or semi-diesel] for charging the electric propulsion motor, whether or not rechargeable from an external source of electrical energy, of a power up to 200 kW.
8703 80 10 50Passenger cars designed for transport of persons and goods together. Other, fitted only with an electric motor for propulsion and fitted only with a spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine [diesel or semi-diesel] for charging the electric propulsion motor, whether or not rechargeable from an external source of electrical energy, of a power exceeding 200 kW.
8703 80 10 90Other vehicles, fitted only with an electric motor for propulsion, fitted only with a spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine [diesel or semi-diesel] for charging the electric propulsion motor, whether or not rechargeable from an external source of electrical energy, of a power exceeding 200 kW.
8703 80 90 10Passenger cars designed for transport of persons and goods together. Other, fitted only with an electric motor for propulsion of a power up to 200 kW, other than as above.
8703 80 90 20Passenger cars designed for transport of persons and goods together. Other, fitted only with an electric motor for propulsion of a power exceeding 200 kW, other than as above.
8703 80 90 50Other vehicles fitted only with an electric motor for propulsion of a power up to 200 kW, other than as above.
8703 80 90 90Other vehicles fitted only with an electric motor for propulsion, of a power exceeding 200 kW, other than as above.

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 3 lines

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

CodeDescription
8703 80 11 00Other vehicles, equipped only with electric motor for propulsion – New – Presented entirely disassembled or unassembled, imported for the assembly industry
8703 80 19 00Other vehicles, equipped only with electric motor for propulsion – New – Other
8703 80 20 00Other vehicles, equipped only with electric motor for propulsion – Used

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