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HSN Chapter 87: Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof

Every heading of Chapter 87 with its GST rate and basic customs duty. Open a heading for the eight-digit codes, export policy and RoDTEP.

Checked against the official files on 2 October 2026
Headings16

Four-digit headings in this chapter.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 87
Eight-digit codes233

Tariff items under those headings.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 87
GST rates in the chapter5% / 18% / 40%

Rates at which the rate Schedules, as amended to April 2026, name these headings.

Notfn 9/2025-CT (Rate)
Basic customs dutyFree – 100%

Standard tariff rates across the chapter, with Finance Act changes applied.

CBIC tariff · 30 June 2024
Chapter 87

Headings in HSN Chapter 87

The GST column shows the rate or rates at which Notification 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) names the heading; a heading named nowhere takes the residual 18%. The duty column is the basic customs duty in the Customs Tariff.

HeadingDescriptionGST rateBasic customs dutyCodes
8701Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)5% / 18%10%15
8702Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver5% / 18%20%40
8703Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars5% / 18% / 40%70%61
8704Motor vehicles for the transport of goods5% / 18%40%17
8705Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles…5% / 18%10%6
8706Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 87055% / 18%15%11
8707Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 87055% / 18%15%2
8708Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 87055% / 18%15%16
8709Works 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…5% / 18%10%3
8710Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles; motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles5%Free1
8711Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars;5% / 18% / 40%100%24
8712Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised5%10% / 20%2
8713Carriages for disabled persons; whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled5%10%4
8714Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 8711 to 87135% / 18%10% / 15% / 20%19
8715Baby carriages and parts thereof5% / 18%10%2
8716Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof5% / 18%10%10

Where a heading shows more than one rate, the rate depends on the description of the goods. Open the heading to read the entries.

Official documents behind this page

  1. Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate), 17 September 2025GST rate Schedules I to VI, in force from 22 September 2025, as amended by Notification No. 19/2025-Central Tax (Rate) of 31 December 2025 (Schedule VII omitted from 1 February 2026) and No. 01/2026 of 30 April 2026.
  2. Customs Tariff, First ScheduleCBIC Customs Tariff as on 30 June 2024, with the First Schedule amendments of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024, the Finance Act, 2025 and the Finance Act, 2026 applied.

Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position or speak to our CA team before you act on it.

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Chapter 87 (Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof) has 16 four-digit headings and 233 eight-digit tariff items in the Customs Tariff.

Find the four-digit heading that describes the product, open it, and match the product to the entry of Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) shown there. If no entry names the goods, the residual 18% entry applies unless the goods are exempt.