HTS Index

HTS heading 8427

Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment — 20 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8427Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment + Ch. 99not stated
8427.10Self-propelled trucks powered by an electric motor + Ch. 99not stated
8427.10.40Rider-type, counterbalanced fork-lift trucks + Ch. 99Free
8427.10.40.10Powered by at least one hydrogen fuel cell + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.40)No.
8427.10.40.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.40)No.
8427.10.80Other + Ch. 99Free
8427.10.80.20Aerial work platforms of a kind described in statistical note 5 to this chapter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.80)No.
8427.10.80.30Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.80)No.
8427.10.80.40Aerial work platforms of a kind described in statistical note 5 to this chapter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.80)No.
8427.10.80.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.80)No.
8427.10.80.70Aerial work platforms of a kind described in statistical note 5 to this chapter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.80)No.
8427.10.80.95Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.10.80)No.
8427.20Other self-propelled trucks + Ch. 99not stated
8427.20.40.00Rider-type, counterbalanced fork-lift trucks + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8427.20.80Other + Ch. 99Free
8427.20.80.20Aerial work platforms of a kind described in statistical note 5 to this chapter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.20.80)No.
8427.20.80.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.20.80)No.
8427.90.00Other trucks + Ch. 99Free
8427.90.00.20Aerial work platforms of a kind described in statistical note 5 to this chapter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.90.00)No.
8427.90.00.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8427.90.00)No.

12 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

20 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.