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Section XVII — Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

Chapter 86 — Railway or tramway locomotives, rollingstock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds

Heading 8609 — Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or modes of transport.

Subheading 8609.00 — Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or modes of transport.

HS code

8609.00.00 Containers specially designed for transport by one or more methods

Applicable taxes: Customs TaxCID, PAL, SSCL, VAT
Last Verified Date - 1 October 2026
Common commodities
ISO 40-foot dry cargo intermodal container20-foot general purpose shipping unitIntermodal freight box for multiple modesLiquid transport module (intermodal)Standardized dry goods container for global transitFlat rack intermodal cargo unitTank container for repeated international use8-foot high cube intermodal freight boxReefer intermodal container for perishable goodsGeneral dry cargo container with multiple transportation compatibility