Code 8705 90 · Heading 8705

Other special-purpose motor vehicles, not mainly for carrying people or goods

This code covers special-purpose motor vehicles that are not mainly designed to carry people or goods. It excludes concrete mixer trucks, fire engines, mobile drilling rigs, cranes and concrete-pumping vehicles.

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A mobile workshop vehicle not mainly designed to carry people or goods
A vehicle with X-ray equipment not mainly designed to carry people or goods

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Official tariff text

Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods and excl. concrete-mixer lorries, fire fighting vehicles, mobile drilling derricks and crane lorries)

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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 90 Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those pr… 5 of 5 subheadings under heading 8705
Is it a motor vehicle with a concrete pump?

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8705 10 Crane lorries (excl. breakdown lorries) 3.7%
8705 20 Mobile drilling derricks 3.7%
8705 30 Fire fighting vehicles (excl. vehicles for transporting persons) 3.7%
8705 40 Concrete-mixer lorries 3.7%
8705 90 Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods and excl. concrete-mixer lorries, fire fighting vehicles, mobile drilling derricks and crane lorries) you are here 3.7%

Export to Norway

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

87.05.9000

Other

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. 9, 2026.

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

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

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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Concrete-mixer lorries

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Special purpose motor vehicles (other than those principally designed…

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.