HS Code 8713Carriages for disabled persons; whether or not motorised or otherwise mechanically propelled

What HS code 8713 covers

In daily speech, most people call these goods wheelchairs. Customs calls them carriages for disabled persons. The heading takes in the plain, pushed kind and the kind with a motor or other mechanical drive.

The heading belongs to the vehicles part of the tariff. Look at the Chapter 87 vehicles HS codes page to see how it fits with cars, trucks and cycles. The same code is used as the HSN code 8713 in India and as the HTS code 8713 in the United States, because the first six digits are shared worldwide. Countries add their own extra digits after that.

Tariff classification starts with these six digits. Once you know them, you can look up national rules, rates and live shipment records for the right product.

871310 vs 871390: choosing the right subheading

One question decides the subheading: is the carriage mechanically propelled? If it has a motor or another mechanical drive, use 871390. If a person or helper has to push it by hand, use 871310.

This is also the answer when you search for the HS code for an electric wheelchair. A motorised chair is mechanically propelled, so it goes under 871390.

• Think of a manual wheelchair.
• Think of an electric or motorised wheelchair.

Related headings: parts, baby carriages and cycles

Some goods look close to a wheelchair but sit in another heading. Check these before you file or search.

Parts and accessories are not in 8713 itself. For wheelchair parts, see HS 8714 parts for wheelchairs and cycles.

A pushchair for a child is not a wheelchair. Pedal cycles that have no motor are in HS 8712 bicycles, and cycles with an auxiliary motor are in HS 8711 motorcycles.

If you are still unsure, try the HS code classifier. Duty and tax rates differ from country to country, so check the rules of the market you ship to.

Find wheelchair importers and exporters

A code on its own does not tell you who is trading. To find buyers, open the buyer data page. To find sellers, open the supplier data page. Both let you work from a product code like this one.

If you only want to see how goods move in and out of a country, start with import data or export data. Then narrow the results to 871310 or 871390, depending on whether the chairs have a drive.

HS 8713 import and export data

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