Chapter 87 HSN codes: vehicles and parts

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof. Every heading in chapter 87 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked · from the official GST notifications

    Rates from the CBIC notifications (9/2025, 10/2025 and 19/2025 for goods; 11/2017 as amended by 15/2025 for services), checked October 2026. Calculate GST

    Headings in chapter 87 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    8701Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)19 tariff items5% or 18%
    8702Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver48 tariff items5% or 18%
    8703Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars65 tariff items5% or 18% or 40%
    8704Motor vehicles for the transport of goods32 tariff items5% or 18%
    8705Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete-mixers lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)7 tariff items18%
    8706Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 870511 tariff items18%
    8707Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 87052 tariff items18%
    8708Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 870519 tariff items5% or 18%
    8709Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods, tractors of the type used on railway station platforms, parts of the foregoing vehicles3 tariff items18%
    8710Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles1 tariff item5%
    8711Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars26 tariff items5% or 18% or 40%
    8712Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised2 tariff items5%
    8713Carriages for disabled persons, whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled4 tariff items5%
    8714Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 8711 to 871319 tariff items5% or 18%
    8715Baby carriages and parts thereof2 tariff items18%
    8716Trailers and semi-trailers, other vehicles, not mechanically propelled, parts thereof10 tariff items5% or 18%

    Where a heading shows two rates, its codes or its goods differ: tap the heading to see each 8-digit code and the condition for each rate.

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    What chapter 87 covers

    Chapter 87 of the tariff is "Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof". It has 16 four-digit headings and 270 eight-digit tariff items, such as 8701 (Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)), 8702 (Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons,), 8703 (Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed).

    GST rates in chapter 87

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. By tariff item: 102 at 18%, 7 at 5%. For 161 of them the rate depends on how the goods are described or sold (for example the sale price, or whether they are pre-packaged and labelled), so the finder shows each option with its condition.

    Questions

    What is the GST rate for chapter 87 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. Of the 270 eight-digit codes in chapter 87, 102 at 18%, 7 at 5%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

    What is HSN code 8701?

    Heading 8701 is "Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)". GST: 5% or 18%.

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