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CHAPTER NOTE 86

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RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING-STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF;

CHAPTER - 86

RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING-STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF; RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES AND FITTINGS AND PARTS THEREOF; MECHANICAL (INLCUDING ELECTRO-MECHANICAL) TARIFFIC SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS


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 4406 or 6810)

    b) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 7302 ; or

    c) Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 8530.
2) Heading 8607 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 8608 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.

    Section XVII
    Import licensing notes 86

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