Chapter 86 - Railway locomotives
46 tariff codes found in this chapter
| HS Code | Description | MFN Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8601.10.00.00 | Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators. - Powered from an external source of electricity | 9.5% |
| 8601.20.00.00 | Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators. - Powered by electric accumulators | 9.5% |
| 8602.10.00.00 | Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders. - Diesel-electric locomotives | 9.5% |
| 8602.90.00.00 | Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders. - Other | 9.5% |
| 8603.10.00.00 | Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks (cars), other than those of heading 86.04. - Powered from an external source of electricity | 8% |
| 8603.90.00.00 | Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks (cars), other than those of heading 86.04. - Other | 8% |
| 8604.00.10.00 | 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). - Ballast spreaders;Buggies for transporting work crews and track material trailers, not exceeding 20 tonnes;Combination ballast broom and snow switch cleaners;Manual feed spike drivers for maintenance or production applications;On-track brush cutters;Rail tie spacing machines;Snow plows;Supply push carts;Tie cranes;Track carriage cranes | 6% |
| 8604.00.90.00 | 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). - Other | Free |
| 8605.00.00.00 | Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self-propelled; luggage vans (baggage cars), post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of heading 86.04). | 11% |
| 8606.10.00 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (freight cars), not self-propelled. | 11% |
| 8606.10.00.10 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (freight cars), not self-propelled. - Insulated | 11% |
| 8606.10.00.20 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (freight cars), not self-propelled. - Non-insulated | 11% |
| 8606.30.00.00 | Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (freight cars), not self-propelled. | 11% |
| 8606.91.00.00 | Other: - Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (freight cars), not self-propelled. | 11% |
| 8606.92.00.00 | Other: - Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (freight cars), not self-propelled. | 11% |
| 8606.99.00.00 | Other: - Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons (freight cars), not self-propelled. | 11% |
| 8607.11.00.00 | Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. | Free |
| 8607.12.00.00 | Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. | Free |
| 8607.19.11.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Axles: - For self-propelled railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic;In the rough, for use in the manufacture of axles for railway rolling-stock | Free |
| 8607.19.19.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Axles: - Other | 9.5% |
| 8607.19.21.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Wheels, whether or not fitted with axles: - Blanks for use in the manufacture of wheel and axle combinations for railway and tramway (including subway cars) passenger coaches; For self-propelled railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic; For use in the repair of tramway vehicles (excluding subway cars) with magnetic track brakes; Forged, for use in the manufacture or production of wheel sets | Free |
| 8607.19.29.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Wheels, whether or not fitted with axles: - Other | 9.5% |
| 8607.19.30.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Parts of axles or wheels | Free |
| 8607.19.40.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Tires of steel, in the rough, not machined or drilled | 3.5% |
| 8607.19.50 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Parts of bogies or bissel-bogies (truck assemblies) | Free |
| 8607.19.50.30 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Parts of bogies or bissel-bogies (truck assemblies) - For non self-propelled rolling-stock | Free |
| 8607.19.50.40 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Bogies, bissel-bogies (truck assemblies), axles and wheels, and parts thereof: - Other, including parts - Parts of bogies or bissel-bogies (truck assemblies) - For locomotives and other self-propelled rolling stock | Free |
| 8607.21.10.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Brakes and parts thereof: - Air brakes and parts thereof - For self-propelled railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic;Parts for use in the manufacture of brake systems for subway and rapid transit cars | Free |
| 8607.21.20.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Brakes and parts thereof: - Air brakes and parts thereof - Brake beams for use in railway vehicles | 10% |
| 8607.21.90 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Brakes and parts thereof: - Air brakes and parts thereof - Other | 10% |
| 8607.21.90.10 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Brakes and parts thereof: - Air brakes and parts thereof - Other - For the vehicles of heading 86.05 or 86.06 | 10% |
| 8607.21.90.90 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Brakes and parts thereof: - Air brakes and parts thereof - Other - Other | 10% |
| 8607.29.10.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Brakes and parts thereof: - Other - For self-propelled railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic;For use in the repair of tramway vehicles (excluding subway cars) with magnetic track brakes;Parts for use in the manufacture of brake systems for subway and rapid transit cars | Free |
| 8607.29.90.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Brakes and parts thereof: - Other - Other | 10% |
| 8607.30.10.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof - For self-propelled railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic;For use in the repair of tramway vehicles (excluding subway cars) with magnetic track brakes;Parts for use in the manufacture of hydraulic cushioning devices (buffers) for railway rolling-stock | Free |
| 8607.30.90.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof - Other | 2.5% |
| 8607.91.00.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Other: - Of locomotives | Free |
| 8607.99.11 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Other: - Other - Of self-propelled rolling-stock: - For use in the repair of tramway vehicles (excluding subway cars) with magnetic track brakes; Of the vehicles of heading 86.04; Of railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic | Free |
| 8607.99.11.30 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Other: - Other - Of self-propelled rolling-stock: - For use in the repair of tramway vehicles (excluding subway cars) with magnetic track brakes; Of the vehicles of heading 86.04; Of railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic - Of railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles | Free |
| 8607.99.11.90 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Other: - Other - Of self-propelled rolling-stock: - For use in the repair of tramway vehicles (excluding subway cars) with magnetic track brakes; Of the vehicles of heading 86.04; Of railway vehicles for the transport of passengers, baggage, mail or express traffic - Other | Free |
| 8607.99.19.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Other: - Other - Of self-propelled rolling-stock: - Other | 8.5% |
| 8607.99.20.00 | Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. - Other: - Other - Of non self-propelled rolling-stock | 11% |
| 8608.00.10.00 | 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. - Fixed and sliding railway bumping posts and friction buffer stops; Signalling equipment for railways and parts thereof | Free |
| 8608.00.90.00 | 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. - Other | 6.5% |
| 8609.00.10.00 | Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport. - Reusable, specially designed to be employed in the transportation of motor vehicle components which are free of customs duties, presented with the goods therein | Free |
| 8609.00.90.00 | Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport. - Other | 6.5% |
About HS Chapter 86
Chapter 86 of the Canadian customs tariff covers railway locomotives. TariffCalc lists 46 10-digit tariff items in this chapter, with MFN (Most Favoured Nation) duty rates ranging from 0.0% to 11.0% (average 5.6%).
18 of 46 items (39%) are duty-free under MFN. Importers from countries with Canadian free trade agreements (CUSMA, CETA, CPTPP, CCFTA, CKFTA, and others) can often import at 0% when rules of origin are met.
Example calculation
| Value for duty (CAD) | $10,000 |
| MFN duty (5.6%) | $555 |
| GST 5% | $528 |
| Total landed (before freight) | $11,083 |
Simplified illustrative calculation. Provincial taxes (HST/PST/QST) and surtaxes not included.
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What is HS Chapter 86 in the Canadian customs tariff?▾
Chapter 86 covers railway locomotives. It contains 46 10-digit tariff items in the TariffCalc database, with MFN duty rates ranging from 0.0% to 11.0%.
What is the typical duty rate for Chapter 86 imports?▾
The average MFN rate across Chapter 86 is 5.6%. 18 of 46 items are duty-free under MFN, with the remainder subject to duty. Free trade agreements (CUSMA, CETA, CPTPP) may reduce the rate to 0% for qualifying goods.
Do free trade agreements apply?▾
Yes. Most items in this chapter qualify for preferential rates under CUSMA (US, Mexico), CETA (EU, UK), CPTPP (Japan, Vietnam, etc.), and other Canadian FTAs. See each tariff item’s detail page for the full rate-by-agreement breakdown.
How do I calculate import duties?▾
For a CAD $10,000 shipment in this chapter at the average MFN rate (5.6%), duties would be approximately $555, plus 5% GST ($528), for a total of $11,083 before freight. Use the TariffCalc calculator for a precise calculation by tariff item, country of origin, and province.
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