HS code for Auto Parts: 8708

Most automotive components are heading 8708, but engines, bearings, lamps and electrical parts have their own headings.

HS code
8708
Description
Parts and accessories of motor vehicles
Chapter 87 — Vehicles

Registration

Exporters of auto parts register with EEPC India (Engineering Export Promotion Council) and hold its Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC), which you need to claim most export benefits.

Documents for exporting auto parts

Specific to this product

  • EEPC RCMC
  • Certificate of origin
  • Packing list with part numbers
  • Buyer's PPAP / quality documents where agreed

Standard for every export shipment

  • Proforma invoice and commercial invoice
  • Packing list
  • Shipping bill (filed on ICEGATE by you or your CHA)
  • Bill of lading or airway bill
  • IEC (Import Export Code)
  • Bank realisation / e-BRC after payment arrives

Main export markets

USA, Germany, UK, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand.

Check before you ship

  • Classify by the specific part — bearings (8482), lamps (8512) and engine parts (8409) are not 8708
  • Check Section 232 and other duties in the US
  • Confirm the full 8-digit tariff line, current GST rate, RoDTEP rate and any export policy condition on the official ICEGATE / DGFT sources — rates change by notification.

Make the documents in minutes

In Eximly you create the export order once and the proforma, commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin are generated from it with the HS code filled in, so every document matches.

HS codes for other export products