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Code 8704 21 · Heading 8704

Goods-carrying motor vehicles with only a piston compression-ignition engine, total weight <= 5 tons

This covers motor vehicles for carrying goods that have only a piston compression-ignition internal-combustion engine and a total weight <= 5 tons. Dumpers under 8704.10 and vehicles for special purposes under 8705 are not included.

For example

  • A diesel goods truck with a total weight <= 5 tons, not a dumper or special-purpose vehicle
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor vehicles of heading 8705)

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  1. XVII
  2. 87
  3. 8704
  4. 8704 21
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Import duty on the codes below: 3.5–22.0%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% 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 lines3 Norwegian lines

87.04.2101 Chassis with motor and drivers' cabin

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 2.0% to 10.0%

  • Their lines5 British lines
  • EU originDuty free

8704 21 10 00 Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive materials

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

25.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines1 US line
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8704.21.01.00 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, Other, with only compression-ignition internal

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.

  • 87.04.2101

    Chassis with motor and drivers' cabin

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
  • 87.04.2102

    Other, new

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
  • 87.04.2109

    Other, used

    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.

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Selling to Great Britain

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

  • 8704 21 10 00

    Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive materials

    Ordinary duty
    2.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8704 21 31 00

    New

    Ordinary duty
    10.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8704 21 39 00

    Used

    Ordinary duty
    10.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8704 21 91 00

    New

    Ordinary duty
    10.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8704 21 99 00

    Used

    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.

  • 8704.21.01.00

    Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, Other, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), G.V.W. not exceeding 5 metric tons

    General rate
    25%
    From the EU
    25.0% 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.