HTS heading 8428
Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, elevators, escalators, conveyors, teleferics) — 15 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8428 | Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, elevators, escalators, conveyors, teleferics) + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8428.10.00.00 | Passenger or freight elevators other than continuous action; skip hoists + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.20.00 | Pneumatic elevators and conveyors + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8428.20.00.10 | Conveyors + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8428.20.00) | No. |
| 8428.20.00.50 | Elevators + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8428.20.00) | No. |
| 8428.31.00.00 | Specially designed for underground use + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.32.00.00 | Other, bucket type + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.33.00.00 | Other, belt type + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.39.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.40.00.00 | Escalators and moving walkways + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.60.00.00 | Teleferics, chair lifts, ski draglines; traction mechanisms for funiculars + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.70.00.00 | Industrial robots + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8428.90.03 | Other machinery + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8428.90.03.10 | Woodland log handling equipment (other than skidders) + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8428.90.03) | No. |
| 8428.90.03.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8428.90.03) | No. |
4 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
15 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.