Code 8716 39 80 · Subheading 8716 39
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers used trailers and semi-trailers for transporting goods, not for railways or tramways. It does not cover self-loading or self-unloading trailers for agricultural use, trailers specially designed for highly radioactive materials labelled “Euratom”, or trailers with a mounted tank.
For example
Official tariff text
Trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of goods, used (excl. self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes, tanker trailers and semi-trailers, and trailers and semi-trailers not designed for running on rails for the transport of highly radioactive materials [Euratom])
Classification complete
8716 39 80
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 87163980.
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Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 52 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
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Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
87.16.3901
Containing hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perhalogenated fluorocarbons (PFC) or regulated chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
87.16.3909
Other
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
8716 39 80 00
Used
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
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The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers trailers and semi-trailers specially designed to transport highly radioactive materials labelled “Euratom”; this code excludes them.
That code covers new semi-trailers, while this code covers used trailers and semi-trailers.
That code covers new freight trailers, while this code covers used trailers and semi-trailers.
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.
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