Code 8705 20 · Heading 8705

Mobile drilling towers on special-purpose motor vehicles

This code covers motor vehicles with mobile drilling towers that are not mainly designed to carry people or goods. The vehicle must be intended for a special purpose.

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A mobile drilling tower on a special-purpose motor vehicle

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Mobile drilling derricks

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Step 1 · Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transpor…
Is the item railway or tramway equipment, another vehicle, an aircraft or spacecraft, or a ship, boat or floating structure?
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Step 2 · Chapter 87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stoc… 2 of 4 chapters in section XVII
Which named type best describes it: a tractor; a motor vehicle for ≥ 10 people including the driver; a passenger motor vehicle; a goods motor vehicle; a special-purpose motor vehicle; a motorised chassis; a body or cab; a part or accessory for one of these vehicles; a factory, warehouse, port or airport truck without a lifting mechanism or a railway-platform tractor; a motorised tank or other armoured combat vehicle; a motorcycle or moped; a bicycle without a motor; a mobility vehicle; a pram or pushchair; or a trailer, semitrailer or other vehicle without a propulsion mechanism?
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Step 3 · Heading 8705 Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those pr… 5 of 16 headings under chapter 87
Is it a mobile crane, mobile drilling derrick, fire engine, concrete mixer truck, or another special-purpose motor vehicle not mainly designed to carry people or goods?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8705 20 Mobile drilling derricks 2 of 5 subheadings under heading 8705
Is it a mobile drilling tower, an autocrane, a fire engine, a concrete-mixer vehicle, or another special-purpose motor vehicle?

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Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

87.05.2000

Mobile drilling derricks

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

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8705 20 00 00

Mobile drilling derricks

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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