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871160 Chapter 87 · Vehicles Electric motorcycles, mopeds and e-scooters
Six-digit subheading in Vehicles, chapter 87 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 871160
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 871160: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what the 6 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 6 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 5% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 6% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 6% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 6% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 0% | 0% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 871160 into United States
An illustrative consignment of 871160 invoiced at USD 2,000.00, priced in USD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | USD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | USD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | USD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | USD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | USD 0.00 |
| United States charges no consumption tax at the border | USD 0.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | USD 2,150.00 |
And if the consignment were small
United States relieves nothing: the duty free allowance was suspended, so the duty above is charged whatever the consignment is worth. A smaller shipment pays less because the value is lower, not because a threshold spared it.
Selling rather than buying? USD 2,150.00 is what your buyer in United States pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to United States sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 871160 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 871160 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=8711.60 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=87&to=88&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned 0%. The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 8711.60.00 Free
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 871160 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/8711601000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned 6%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8711601000 6.00 %; 8711609010 6.00 %; 8711609090 6.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 871160 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch87-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 0%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 8711.60.00 Free
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 871160 AU, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-xvii/chapter-87 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04997/latest/text. Both returned 5%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8711.60.00 5% DCS: 4% DCT: 5%
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 871160 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/8711601000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=871160&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 6%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8711601000 6.00 %; 8711609010 6.00 %; 8711609090 6.00 %
Re-check first: Electric motorcycles, mopeds and e-scooters enter the United States free on one line. Battery shipping rules and, for anything used on the road, federal and state vehicle requirements are what decide these consignments rather than the tariff.
What falls under 871160
- Motorcycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with electric motor for propulsion
- Electric motorcycles, electric mopeds and standing electric scooters
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
871200: Pedal bicycles
An electrically assisted pedal cycle sits at the boundary of these headings and the outcome depends on the assistance characteristics. Where the motor only assists pedalling up to a limited speed and cuts out above it, many authorities keep the machine in heading 8711 rather than with ordinary bicycles, and the specification must be checked against the market's own criteria.
950300: Wheeled toys
A children's electric ride on machine is a toy of Chapter 95, while an electric scooter built as transport for an adult is a vehicle of 8711.60. Speed, construction and the intended user separate them, and the boundary is regularly tested on small scooters.
Classification & cost note
Heading 8711 gained an explicit subheading for electric propulsion in the 2022 edition, which resolved a great deal of earlier uncertainty about where electric two wheelers belonged. The remaining difficulty is at the boundary with bicycles. Electrically assisted pedal cycles are treated differently depending on whether the motor assists or propels, and each market applies its own power and speed criteria, so a machine can be a bicycle in one jurisdiction and a motor vehicle in another with the same specification. That divergence has practical consequences for duty and for whether registration, licensing and insurance are required. Electric two wheelers also ship with substantial lithium batteries, which brings the dangerous goods regime into play, and where the battery is removable it may be shipped separately and classified in its own right.
Typical products: Electric motorcycles and maxi scooters · Electric mopeds for urban commuting · Standing electric kick scooters for adults · Electric two wheelers with removable battery packs
What the notes to section XVII say
Chapter 87 sits in section XVII, vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the 5 reaching chapter 87 name no heading this site holds a code under, and they are quoted whole on the chapter 87 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/17 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 8711
871160 is a subheading of 8711, motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars , and it is the only code this site holds under that heading.
No numbered note to chapter 87 takes heading 8711 as its subject, which is what the published notes say rather than a gap on this page: the heading is defined by its own wording above and by the note to the chapter, quoted in full on the chapter 87 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 87 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/87, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/8711, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 87 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 871160
Is an electric bicycle classified here or with bicycles?
It depends on the assistance characteristics and on the market's own criteria. Where the motor only assists pedalling within limited power and speed thresholds, treatment as a bicycle is common; machines with independent propulsion sit in heading 8711.
Are electric scooters vehicles or toys?
An electric scooter built as transport for an adult is a vehicle of 8711.60. A children's ride on machine is a toy of Chapter 95, with construction, speed and intended user separating the two.
How is a spare battery for an electric scooter classified?
As a lithium ion accumulator in its own right, not as a part of the vehicle. Shipped loose it takes the battery code and the full dangerous goods regime applies, including watt hour marking on the package. Only a battery installed in the machine travels under the vehicle's classification.
Related codes in Chapter 87
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