HTS Index

HTS heading 8705

Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, wreckers, mobile cranes, fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixers, road sweepers, spraying vehicles, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units) — 11 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8705Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, wreckers, mobile cranes, fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixers, road sweepers, spraying vehicles, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units) + Ch. 99not stated
8705.10.00Mobile cranes + Ch. 99Free
8705.10.00.10Cable operated + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8705.10.00)No.
8705.10.00.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8705.10.00)No.
8705.20.00.00Mobile drilling derricks + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8705.30.00.00Fire fighting vehicles + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8705.40.00.00Concrete mixers + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8705.90.00Other + Ch. 99Free
8705.90.00.10Mobile radiological units + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8705.90.00)No.
8705.90.00.20Mobile medical clinics + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8705.90.00)No.
8705.90.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8705.90.00)No.

5 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

11 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.