Analysis
HTS 8426.99.00 covers other machinery: other under heading 8426 (ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers…).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333120 (Construction Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 651 US establishments employing 64,700 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 8 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8426.11.00 | Overhead traveling cranes on fixed support | Free |
| 8426.12.00 | Mobile lifting frames on tires and straddle carriers | Free |
| 8426.19.00 | Overhead traveling cranes, transporter cranes, gantry cranes, bridge cranes, mobile lifting frames and straddle carriers: other | Free |
| 8426.20.00 | Ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane: tower cranes | Free |
| 8426.30.00 | Portal or pedestal jib cranes | Free |
| 8426.41.00 | Other machinery, self-propelled: on tires | Free |
| 8426.49.00 | Other machinery, self-propelled: other | Free |
| 8426.91.00 | Designed for mounting on road vehicles | Free |