Chapter 86

Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds

Notes.

1.- This Chapter does not cover :

(a) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete.or concrete guide-track sections for

hovertrains  (heading No. 44.06 or 68.10);

(b) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading No. 73.02; or

(c) Electrical signaling.  safety or traffic control equipment of heading No. 85.30.

2.- Heading No. 86.07 applies. inter alia. to :

(a)          Axles. Wheels, wheel sets (running gear). metal tyres. hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;

(b)         Frames. Under frames, bogies and bissel-bogies;

(c) Axle boxes; brake gear;

(d)         Buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;

(e) Coachwork.

3.- Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above. heading  No. 86.08 applies. inter alia. to:

(a) Assembled track. turntables. platform buffers. loading gauges;

(b) Semaphores. mechanical signal discs, level crossing control gear, signal and point controls. and other mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling. safety or traffic control equipment. whether or not fitted for electric lighting. for railways. tramways. roads. inland waterways. parking facilities. port installations or airfields.

Explanatory remarks to chapter 86

1 -Exportation is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.

2 -The CBT applicable to parts, components and accessories of the machinery whether classified in this chapter or any other is 5% of the value. This is subject to the confirmation of the Ministry of lndustries and Mines that they are not manufactured domestically.

3 -The goods classified in this chapter are liable to an ad valorem CBT of 5 % provided they are not manufactured domestically as confmned by the Ministry oflndustries and Mines.

 

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