Subheading · Chapter 84 · Heading 8425
8425.39: Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists: winches; capstans, other
Official description Other
8425.39 is a six-digit subheading of heading 8425, pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks, chapter 84.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8425 39 00 00 Other Freep/st
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 2
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £7.8m | 22.3% | +19.5% | |
| £6.6m | 18.9% | +11.6% | |
| £3.9m | 11.2% | -60.5% | |
| £2.9m | 8.3% | -40.6% | |
| £2.4m | 6.8% | +104.5% | |
| £2.1m | 6% | -49.4% | |
| £1.9m | 5.3% | -15.5% | |
| £1.5m | 4.3% | — |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$182kUS$182k+US$2m+US$22m+> US$88m
Exports: 146
- China: US$183m
- United States: US$121m
- Italy: US$120m
- Germany: US$120m
- United Kingdom: US$88m
- Canada: US$60m
- France: US$55m
- Slovenia: US$44m
- Mexico: US$31m
- South Korea: US$31m
- Austria: US$28m
- Poland: US$27m
- Norway: US$23m
- Netherlands: US$23m
- Japan: US$22m
- Taiwan: US$21m
- Switzerland: US$17m
- Singapore: US$17m
- India: US$15m
- Spain: US$14m
- Sweden: US$13m
- Slovakia: US$11m
- Romania: US$9m
- Türkiye: US$8m
- Denmark: US$7m
- Serbia: US$6m
- Cambodia: US$6m
- New Zealand: US$6m
- Indonesia: US$5m
- Australia: US$5m
- Malaysia: US$5m
- Brazil: US$5m
- Belgium: US$3m
- Thailand: US$3m
- Chile: US$2m
- Czechia: US$2m
- South Africa: US$2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$2m
- Croatia: US$2m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Kazakhstan: US$2m
- Angola: US$2m
- Brunei: US$2m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- Vietnam: US$1m
- Russia: US$1m
- Mauritania: US$1m
- Finland: US$1m
- Azerbaijan: US$1m
- Senegal: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Uruguay: US$892k
- Ireland: US$871k
- Portugal: US$854k
- Estonia: US$827k
- Morocco: US$573k
- Nepal: US$551k
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$548k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$479kUS$479k+US$3m+US$18m+> US$35m
Imports: 203
- United States: US$230m
- Germany: US$64m
- China: US$60m
- Austria: US$55m
- Canada: US$45m
- United Kingdom: US$45m
- Netherlands: US$35m
- Italy: US$32m
- Singapore: US$31m
- Saudi Arabia: US$30m
- Norway: US$30m
- France: US$29m
- South Korea: US$28m
- United Arab Emirates: US$28m
- Indonesia: US$25m
- Türkiye: US$23m
- Australia: US$22m
- Brazil: US$20m
- Poland: US$18m
- Vietnam: US$18m
- India: US$18m
- Spain: US$17m
- Mexico: US$17m
- Chile: US$17m
- Japan: US$16m
- Russia: US$15m
- Denmark: US$12m
- Switzerland: US$12m
- Malaysia: US$11m
- Thailand: US$10m
- South Africa: US$9m
- Angola: US$8m
- Finland: US$8m
- Romania: US$8m
- Czechia: US$7m
- Belgium: US$7m
- Sweden: US$7m
- Egypt: US$6m
- Philippines: US$6m
- Slovenia: US$5m
- Taiwan: US$5m
- Kazakhstan: US$5m
- Guyana: US$4m
- New Zealand: US$4m
- Qatar: US$4m
- Slovakia: US$3m
- Ukraine: US$3m
- Kuwait: US$3m
- Colombia: US$3m
- Croatia: US$3m
- Oman: US$3m
- Morocco: US$3m
- Peru: US$3m
- Serbia: US$2m
- Gabon: US$2m
- Hungary: US$2m
- Senegal: US$2m
- Argentina: US$2m
- Azerbaijan: US$2m
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$2m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$183m | 15.3% | |
| 2 | US$121m | 10.1% | |
| 3 | US$120m | 10.1% | |
| 4 | US$120m | 10% | |
| 5 | US$88m | 7.4% | |
| 6 | US$60m | 5% | |
| 7 | US$55m | 4.6% | |
| 8 | US$44m | 3.7% | |
| 9 | US$31m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$31m | 2.6% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$230m | 19.2% | |
| 2 | US$64m | 5.3% | |
| 3 | US$60m | 5% | |
| 4 | US$55m | 4.6% | |
| 5 | US$45m | 3.7% | |
| 6 | US$45m | 3.7% | |
| 7 | US$35m | 2.9% | |
| 8 | US$32m | 2.6% | |
| 9 | US$31m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$30m | 2.5% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 5%median duty
- 52number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.3% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.3% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 11% | 9% – 12% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1.3% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 0% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 11% | 9% – 12% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
| 6% | 3% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1.3% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 74425 Other winches; capstans
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 312010
- CPC 2.1 product
- 43510 Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2816 Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8425.39 | changed |
| 2012 | 8425.39 | changed |
| 2007 | 8425.39 | changed |
| 2002 | 8425.20, 8425.39 | changed |
| 1996 | 8425.20, 8425.39 | changed |
| 1992 | 8425.20, 8425.39 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 3
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov
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FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov
Subheading 8425.39 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 8425.39; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £35m (down 19% on the year before), at an average of £14.21 per kg; United Kingdom supplied 22%, followed by Germany.
World trade in these goods reached US$1.2bn in 2024, up 6% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 15.3% of the total, ahead of the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists: winches; capstans, other?
Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists: winches; capstans, other fall under HS subheading 8425.39, part of heading 8425, in section XVI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8425.39 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8425.39 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists?
China, with US$183m in 2024 (15.3% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were United Kingdom (22%), Germany (19%) and France (11%), out of total imports of £35m.