HTS tariff line · chapter 84
8428.90.03
Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, elevators, escalators, conveyors, teleferics): other machinery
Analysis
HTS 8428.90.03 covers other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, elevators, escalators, conveyors, teleferics): other machinery under heading 8428 (other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, elevators…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
For statistics it divides in two: 8428.90.03.10 for woodland log handling equipment (other than skidders) and 8428.90.03.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333120 (Construction Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 651 US establishments employing 64,700 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8428.10.00 | Passenger or freight elevators other than continuous action; skip hoists | Free |
| 8428.20.00 | Pneumatic elevators and conveyors | Free |
| 8428.31.00 | Specially designed for underground use | Free |
| 8428.32.00 | Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials: other, bucket type | Free |
| 8428.33.00 | Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials: other, belt type | Free |
| 8428.39.00 | Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials: other | Free |
| 8428.40.00 | Escalators and moving walkways | Free |
| 8428.60.00 | Teleferics, chair lifts, ski draglines; traction mechanisms for funiculars | Free |
| 8428.70.00 | Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, elevators, escalators, conveyors, teleferics): industrial robots | Free |