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  "summary": "HS chapter 86 covers railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds. It has 9 headings, 86.01 to 86.09, and 23 six-digit subheadings in HS2022. National tariff lines under chapter 86 are live on border.bot for the United States (37 lines, also used by 1 other country).",
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      "label": "Description",
      "value": "Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds",
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      "value": "HS2022",
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    {
      "question": "What does HS chapter 86 cover?",
      "answer": "HS chapter 86 covers railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds."
    },
    {
      "question": "How many headings and subheadings are in HS chapter 86?",
      "answer": "HS chapter 86 has 9 headings and 23 six-digit subheadings in HS2022."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines in HS chapter 86?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under chapter 86 are live on border.bot for the United States (37 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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      "title": "What this chapter covers",
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        "HS chapter 86 covers railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds.",
        "It has 9 headings, 86.01 to 86.09, and 23 six-digit subheadings in HS2022."
      ]
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    {
      "id": "not-covered",
      "title": "What it doesn’t cover",
      "text": [
        "Chapter 85, before it, covers electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles; chapter 87, after it, covers vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "structure",
      "title": "How it is structured",
      "text": [
        "Chapter 86 is the first level of the Harmonized System. Its headings add two digits to the chapter number (86.01), and each heading's subheadings add two more."
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      "id": "other-countries",
      "title": "In other countries",
      "text": [
        "National tariff lines under chapter 86 are live on border.bot for the United States (37 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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      "title": "Sources and updates",
      "text": [
        "The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.",
        "This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.",
        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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