Code 8709 11 · Heading 8709

Electric motor trucks and tractors without lifting equipment for short-distance goods transport or towing small trailers on railway platforms

This code covers electric trucks and tractors without lifting equipment, used to transport goods over short distances or on railway platforms to tow small trailers. It includes both vehicles specially designed to transport highly radioactive substances “Euratom” and other vehicles of this type.

For example

An electric motor truck without lifting equipment for transporting goods over short distances
An electric railway-platform tractor without lifting equipment for towing small trailers

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Official tariff text

Electrical vehicles not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms

How we got to this code

XVII
87
8709
8709 11

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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 8709 Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifti… 9 of 16 headings under chapter 87
Is it an electric truck or tractor, a non-electric truck or tractor, or a part for one of these vehicles?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8709 11 Electrical vehicles not fitted with lifting or hand… 1 of 3 subheadings under heading 8709
Is the electric truck or tractor specially designed to transport highly radioactive substances “Euratom”?

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Import duty on the codes below: 2.0–4.0%

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8709 11 Electrical vehicles not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms you are here 2.0–4.0%
8709 19 Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms (excl. electrical trucks) 2.0–4.0%
8709 90 Parts of self-propelled works trucks, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods, incl. tractors for railways station platforms, n.e.s. 3.5%

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

87.09.1100 Electrical

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines2 British lines

8709 11 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

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8709.11.00.30 Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type

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.

87.09.1100

Electrical

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.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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.

8709.11.00.30

Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles, Vehicles, Electrical, Operator riding

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
8709.11.00.60

Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles, Vehicles, Electrical, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

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.