HS Code Detail
871499 Chapter 87 · Vehicles Bicycle parts, other
Six-digit subheading in Vehicles, chapter 87 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 4 destination markets.
Anatomy of 871499
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 871499: ten digits in the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what the 4 rates below differ on.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 4 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 0% | 10% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 4.7% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 4.7% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 4% | 20% |
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: 871499 into Australia
An illustrative consignment of 871499 invoiced at AUD 2,000.00, priced in AUD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | AUD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | AUD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | AUD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | AUD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | AUD 0.00 |
| Australia tax at 10%, charged on the value plus the duty | AUD 215.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | AUD 2,365.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Australia relieves customs duty, GST and the Import Processing Charge on consignments at or under AUD 1,000. The 871499 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly AUD 1,000 with no freight would be charged AUD 0.00 of duty and AUD 0.00 of tax, a total of AUD 1,000.00. The rate on the 871499 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved. The tax is not simply absent at that value: Australia collects it on the sale instead of at the border, so an overseas seller or marketplace above the registration threshold charges it at checkout. What the relief removes is the charge on arrival, not the tax.
Selling rather than buying? AUD 2,365.00 is what your buyer in Australia pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Australia 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 871499 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.
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 871499 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/8714991020 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 4%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8714991020 4.00 %; 8714991029 4.00 %; 8714991089 4.00 %; 8714991099 4.00 %; 8714993000 4.00 %; 8714995011 4.00 %; 8714995019 4.00 %; 8714995091 4.00 %; 8714995099 4.00 %; 8714999011 4.00 %; 8714999019 4.00 %; 8714999030 4.00 %; 8714999040 4.00 %; 8714999050 4.00 %; 8714999089 4.00 %
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 871499 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 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8714.99.00 Free
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 871499 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/8714991020 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=871499&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 4.7%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8714991020 4.70 %; 8714991029 4.70 %; 8714991089 4.70 %; 8714991099 4.70 %; 8714993000 4.70 %; 8714995011 4.70 %; 8714995019 4.70 %; 8714995091 4.70 %; 8714995099 4.70 %; 8714999011 4.70 %; 8714999019 4.70 %; 8714999030 4.70 %; 8714999040 4.70 %; 8714999050 4.70 %; 8714999089 4.70 %
Markets with no figure recorded
United States: United States splits 8714.99 into 4 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 10%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no United States figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Canada: Canada splits 8714.99 into 2 tariff lines and they do not carry the same rate: the schedule returned 0 to 6.5%. A single percentage cannot represent that honestly, so no Canada figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Re-check first: Bicycle parts, as against the motorcycle parts at 871410. The United Kingdom charges handlebars, luggage carriers, derailleur gears and the rest at a single rate, while the United States lines under the same subheading do not agree.
What falls under 871499
- Parts and accessories of bicycles and other cycles, other than those specified in the earlier subheadings
- Bicycle handlebars, cranks, chains, derailleurs, pedals and accessories not separately named
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
871200: Complete bicycles
A bicycle presented unassembled but complete is still a bicycle, because goods presented unassembled are classified as the finished article where what is presented has its essential character. Shipping a boxed bike as a set of parts does not turn it into parts.
871410: Motorcycle parts
The two part subheadings divide by which vehicle the part principally serves. Components shared across cycling and motorcycling, such as brake components and lighting, are decided on principal use rather than on physical suitability alone.
Classification & cost note
Heading 8714 names a few cycle parts specifically and sweeps the rest into this residual line, which is where most of the bicycle aftermarket sits. Two things are worth carrying into it. Goods presented unassembled or incomplete are classified as the finished article where they already have its essential character, so a boxed bicycle shipped for final assembly is a bicycle rather than a collection of parts, and this rule has been applied against importers who split shipments to reach a lower rate. Second, electric bicycles have made the battery question routine here: a lithium pack is named by heading 8507 and never travels as a cycle part, and a motor is electrical machinery in its own right, so an e-bike spares consignment spans several headings that a mechanical one does not.
Typical products: Handlebars, stems and seatposts · Chains, cassettes and derailleurs · Cranksets and pedals · Bicycle brakes and levers · Wheels, hubs and rims · Mudguards, racks and bottle cages
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 8714
871499 is a subheading of 8714, parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 8711 to 8713 , and this site holds one other code under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
No numbered note to chapter 87 takes heading 8714 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/8714, 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 871499
Is a boxed unassembled bicycle classified as parts?
No. Goods presented unassembled are classified as the finished article where what is presented already has its essential character, so a boxed bicycle for final assembly is a bicycle.
Where do electric bicycle batteries go?
To heading 8507, with other lithium ion accumulators. A battery is named by its own heading, so it is never classified as a cycle part regardless of the bicycle it was made for.
What about the motor on an e-bike?
It is electrical machinery in its own right rather than a cycle part, so an electric bicycle spares consignment spans several headings that a purely mechanical one would not.
Are bicycle tyres classified as cycle parts?
No. Rubber tyres and inner tubes are named in Chapter 40 and go there regardless of the vehicle they fit, so a consignment of bicycle tyres never travels under a cycle parts code. It is one of the clearest examples of the section notes overriding what seems obvious commercially.
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