Code 8703 90 · Heading 8703

Other cars and passenger vehicles for fewer than 10 people, including station wagons and racing cars

This code covers cars and other vehicles mainly designed to transport fewer than 10 people, including station wagons and racing cars, when no more specific code in this vehicle group describes them.

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Official tariff text

Motor cars and other vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with engines other than internal combustion piston engine or electric motor (excl. vehicles for the transport of persons on snow and other specially designed vehicles of subheading 8703.10)

How we got to this code

XVII
87
8703
8703 90

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The path to this code

Every code is reached through these choices, one level at a time.

Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transpor…
Is the item railway or tramway equipment, another vehicle, an aircraft or spacecraft, or a ship, boat or floating structure?
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Step 2 · Chapter 87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stoc… 2 of 4 chapters in section XVII
Which named type best describes it: a tractor; a motor vehicle for ≥ 10 people including the driver; a passenger motor vehicle; a goods motor vehicle; a special-purpose motor vehicle; a motorised chassis; a body or cab; a part or accessory for one of these vehicles; a factory, warehouse, port or airport truck without a lifting mechanism or a railway-platform tractor; a motorised tank or other armoured combat vehicle; a motorcycle or moped; a bicycle without a motor; a mobility vehicle; a pram or pushchair; or a trailer, semitrailer or other vehicle without a propulsion mechanism?
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Step 3 · Heading 8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally des… 3 of 16 headings under chapter 87
Is it specially built for driving on snow, for carrying people on golf courses or a similar purpose; if not, does it have a spark-ignition engine, a compression-ignition engine, both an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor, only an electric motor, or another propulsion system—and, where relevant, what is the engine size and whether it can be charged from an external electricity source?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8703 90 Motor cars and other vehicles principally designed … 14 of 14 subheadings under heading 8703
Does the vehicle belong to one of the specifically named classes, such as a snow vehicle, a golf-course vehicle, a vehicle with one of the listed engine types or engine combinations, or a vehicle with only an electric motor?

Pick the 8-digit code

Import duty on the codes below: 10.0%

Only one code below

8703 90 00

10.0%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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This is the catch-all under 8703: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

This is the remainder of the parent group: vehicles mainly designed to transport fewer than 10 people, including station wagons and racing cars, that do not belong to any of the specifically named sibling classes.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 5.0% to 10.0%.

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

87.03.9000 Other

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

10.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

8703 90 00 00 Other

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

15.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8703.90.01.00 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

87.03.9000

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

8703 90 00 00

Other

Ordinary duty

10.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

8703.90.01.00

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

General rate

2.5%

From the EU

15.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.94.51 Section 232 passenger vehicles and light trucks, Proclamation 10908 as applied to the European Union by the notice at 90 FR 46136 of 25 September 2025 (retroactive to 1 August 2025), headings 9903.94.50 and 9903.94.51 of subchapter III of chapter 99 with U.S. note 33(n) with the line list of subdivision (b): 15% all-in on passenger vehicles and light trucks of the European Union

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.