AHECC 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

Chapter page inside the AHECC hierarchy. Use it to move from the chapter heading to the final 8-digit export statistical item code.

What this chapter covers

AHECC chapter pages sit one step above the final export statistical item code. They are the most practical place to compare detailed codes before you choose the exact 8-digit reference.

Use the table below to scan the final item codes inside this chapter and then open the individual item page if you need the hierarchy context.

Chapter facts

Chapter code
86
Final item codes
23

Export statistical item codes

Item code Title UQ
86011000 Powered from an external source of electricity NO
86012000 Powered by electric accumulators NO
86021000 Diesel-electric locomotives NO
86029000 Other NO
86031000 Powered from an external source of electricity NO
86039000 Other NO
86040000 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) NO
86050000 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 8604) NO
86061000 Tank wagons and the like NO
86063000 Self-discharging vans and wagons, other than those of 8606.10 NO
86069120 Covered and closed NO
86069200 Open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60 cm NO
86069900 Other NO
86071100 Driving bogies and bissel-bogies NR
86071200 Other bogies and bissel-bogies NR
86071900 Other, including parts NR
86072100 Air brakes and parts thereof NR
86072900 Other NR
86073000 Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof NR
86079100 Of locomotives NR
86079900 Other NR
86080000 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 NR
86090000 Containers (Including Containers for the Transport of Fluids) Specially Designed and Equipped for Carriage By One or More Modes of Transport NO

Frequently asked questions

What is AHECC 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 is a chapter within AHECC section XVII. It sits directly above the export statistical item codes used in declarations.

Is the chapter code enough for an export declaration?

Usually not. Export declarations typically require the final 8-digit export statistical item code, not just the chapter heading.

Why are item codes listed directly on this page?

The chapter page is the shortest path from category browsing to the final export code. Listing the end codes here makes the last step explicit.

Source and trust

Official AHECC source
ABS 123317.xlsx
Last reviewed
2026-04-18

This page is an independent rendered view of the official ABS AHECC table. Use the ABS file and customs guidance for formal export coding.

Please verify critical classification decisions with the official authority before using them for tax, payroll, licensing, immigration or compliance work.

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