Chapter 86 — Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds

Nepal Customs Tariff 2026/27 import duty rates and 23 HS code lines for Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds (Section XVII — Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment). Each code shows the general and SAARC customs duty; tap a code to open the full breakdown and landed-cost estimate.

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86.01 — Rail locomotives powered form an external source of elctricity or by electric accumulators

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8601.10.00	Powered from an external source of electricity	nos	15%	7.25%
8601.20.00	Powered by electric accumulators	nos	15%	7.25%

86.02 — Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8602.10.00	Diesel-electric locomotives	nos	15%	7.25%
8602.90.00	Other	nos	15%	7.25%

86.03 — Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of Heading 86.04

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8603.10.00	Powered from an extenal source of electricity	nos	15%	7.25%
8603.90.00	Other	nos	15%	7.25%

86.04 — 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)

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8604.00.00	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).	nos	15%	7.25%

86.05 — Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self-propelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of Heading 86. 04)

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8605.00.00	Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self-propelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled (excluding those of Heading 86. 04).	nos	15%	7.25%

86.06 — Railway or tramway goods vans and wagons, not self-propelled

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8606.10.00	Tank wagons and the like	nos	15%	7.25%
8606.30.00	Self-discharging vans and wagons, other than those of Sub-heading 8606.10	nos	15%	7.25%
8606.91.00	Covered and closed	nos	15%	7.25%
8606.92.00	Open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60 cm	nos	15%	7.25%
8606.99.00	Other	nos	15%	7.25%

86.07 — Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8607.11.00	Driving bogies and bissel-bogies	nos/kg	15%	7.25%
8607.12.00	Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels,and parts thereof — Other bogies and bissel-bogies	nos/kg	15%	7.25%
8607.19.00	Bogies, bissel-bogies, axles and wheels,and parts thereof — Other, including parts	nos/kg	15%	7.25%
8607.21.00	Air brakes and parts thereof	nos/kg	15%	7.25%
8607.29.00	Brakes and parts thereof — Other	nos/kg	15%	7.25%
8607.30.00	Hooks and other couplihg devices, buffers, and parts thereof	nos/kg	15%	7.25%
8607.91.00	Of locomotives	nos/kg	15%	7.25%
8607.99.00	Other	nos/kg	15%	7.25%

86.08 — 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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8608.00.00	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.	nos/kg	15%	7.25%

86.09 — Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equiped for carriage by one or more modes of transport

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8609.00.00	Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equiped for carriage by one or more modes of transport.	nos	15%	7.25%

Chapter 86 legal notes

Notes. 1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for hovertrains (heading 44.06 or 68.10); (b) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 73.02; or (c) Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 85.30. 2.- Heading 86.07 applies, inter alia, to : (a) Axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels; (b) Frames, underframes, bogies and bissel-bogies; (c) Axle boxes; brake gear; (d) Buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections; (e) Coachwork. 3.- Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 86.08 applies, inter alia, to : (a) Assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges; (b) Semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level crossing control gear, signal and point controls, and other mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields.

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