Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
Chapter 87 of the Harmonised System covers Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof — 16 four-digit headings spanning tractors to trailers and semi-trailers that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $21.75B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 87 covers vehicles other than railway rolling stock and their parts — a major Indian export. Two- and three-wheelers, tractors, cars, commercial vehicles and a deep auto-component industry ship worldwide. Subheadings separate complete vehicles by type and purpose from the large and valuable trade in parts and accessories that supplies global assembly lines.
How to read this code
87 is the two-digit HS chapter for vehicles. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many vehicles, aircraft & transport lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 87
The Harmonised System breaks Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof into these 16 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Tractors; (other than tractors of heading no 8709)
Vehicles; public transport passenger type
Motor cars and other motor vehicles; principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702), including station wagons and racing cars
Vehicles; for the transport of goods
Special purpose motor vehicles; not those for the transport of persons or goods (e.g. breakdown lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units etc)
Chassis; fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701 to 8705
Bodies; (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701 to 8705
Motor vehicles; parts and accessories, of heading no. 8701 to 8705
Works trucks, self-propelled, (not fitted with lifting or handling equipment), for factories, warehouses etc, for short distance transport of goods, tractors used on railway station platforms; parts thereof
Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles; motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles; fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars
Bicycles and other cycles; including delivery tricycles, not motorised
Carriages for disabled persons; whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled
Vehicles; parts and accessories of heading no. 8711 to 8713
Baby carriages and parts thereof
Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof
Top destinations for Chapter 87 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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