8429.51.50

Analysis

HTS 8429.51.50 covers front-end shovel loaders: other under heading 8429 (self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levelers, scrapers, mechanical shovels…). 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.

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.

The ten-digit suffixes separate less than 44.7 kW, at least 44.7 kW but under 67.1 kW, at least 67.1 kW but under 93.2 kW, at least 93.2 kW but under 119.3 kW, 119.3 kW and over and used or rebuilt. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.