8429

Analysis

Heading 8429 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levelers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers. It divides into 8 six-digit subheadings and 11 eight-digit tariff lines, with 42 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 11 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The largest subheadings are 8429.51 (front-end shovel loaders, 2 lines), 8429.52 (machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure, 2 lines), 8429.59 (other, 2 lines) and 8429.11 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 30th percentile of the headings in chapter 84.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.