# Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles (HS4 8604) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles at HS4 8604, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles subsector recorded $1.1B in reported global trade in 2024, with -8% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $1.1B |
| Latest annual change | -8% |
| Active exporters | 77 |
| Active importers | 131 |
| Active HS6 products | 1 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $408.0M | 413 | 1 |
| 1996 | $403.9M | 409 | 1 |
| 1997 | $422.3M | 374 | 1 |
| 1998 | $533.4M | 345 | 1 |
| 1999 | $394.3M | 394 | 1 |
| 2000 | $368.8M | 394 | 1 |
| 2001 | $407.1M | 429 | 1 |
| 2002 | $462.4M | 433 | 1 |
| 2003 | $693.1M | 414 | 1 |
| 2004 | $707.5M | 462 | 1 |
| 2005 | $650.3M | 457 | 1 |
| 2006 | $648.8M | 480 | 1 |
| 2007 | $800.7M | 479 | 1 |
| 2008 | $1.0B | 538 | 1 |
| 2009 | $1.3B | 531 | 1 |
| 2010 | $1.3B | 531 | 1 |
| 2011 | $1.1B | 614 | 1 |
| 2012 | $1.1B | 655 | 1 |
| 2013 | $1.0B | 590 | 1 |
| 2014 | $1.1B | 619 | 1 |
| 2015 | $978.3M | 652 | 1 |
| 2016 | $829.6M | 605 | 1 |
| 2017 | $1.0B | 607 | 1 |
| 2018 | $1.2B | 672 | 1 |
| 2019 | $987.2M | 663 | 1 |
| 2020 | $991.7M | 590 | 1 |
| 2021 | $1.3B | 665 | 1 |
| 2022 | $945.9M | 664 | 1 |
| 2023 | $1.1B | 760 | 1 |
| 2024 | $1.1B | 659 | 1 |

## Leading corridors

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Canada: $77.4M; growth +2.1%.
- Austria to Republic of Korea: $56.2M; growth +6.8%.
- Austria to Poland: $55.6M; growth +27.4%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Mexico: $44.2M; growth +279.3%.
- Canada to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $41.2M; growth +32.1%.
- China to India: $38.1M; growth +21.9%.
- Germany to Norway: $36.1M; growth +55.3%.
- Russia to Kazakhstan: $26.5M; growth +155.1%.
- Turkey to Switzerland, Liechtenstein: $26.4M; growth +530.5%.
- Germany to Austria: $22.3M; growth +182.5%.

## HS6 products

- Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles: whether or not self-propelled (eg workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles) (HS6 860400)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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