What HS code 8703.70 covers
HS code 8703.70 classifies vehicles; with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power. It is a subheading of heading 8703 (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), in chapter 87 (Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof), section XVII of the Harmonized System. These six digits are identical in every country that uses the HS.
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Import duty for 8703.70
Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.
Source: HTSUS / CBP
Erga-omnes (third-country) MFN rate. Import VAT of 17 to 27 percent by country, and any anti-dumping measures, apply separately.
Source: TARIC
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Related codes in heading 8703
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 8703.70.
- 8703.10 Vehicles; specially designed for travelling on snow, golf cars and similar vehicles
- 8703.21 Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc
- 8703.22 Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc
- 8703.23 Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc
- 8703.24 Vehicles; with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc
- 8703.31 Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity not over 1500cc
- 8703.32 Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc
- 8703.33 Vehicles; with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc
- 8703.40 Vehicles; with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power
- 8703.50 Vehicles; with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power
- 8703.60 Vehicles; with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power
- 8703.80 Vehicles; with only electric motor for propulsion
- 8703.90 Vehicles; for transport of persons (other than those of heading no. 8702) n.e.c. in heading no. 8703
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