8427.10.80

Analysis

HTS 8427.10.80 covers self-propelled trucks powered by an electric motor: other under heading 8427 (fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

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.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

The ten-digit suffixes separate aerial work platforms of a kind…, aerial work platforms of a kind… and aerial work platforms of a kind…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

The other lines in the same group are 8427.10.40 (rider-type, counterbalanced fork-lift trucks, duty-free), 8427.20.40 (rider-type, counterbalanced fork-lift trucks, duty-free), 8427.20.80 (other self-propelled trucks: other, duty-free) and 8427.90.00 (fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or…, duty-free).