Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 8428.90
8428.90.03: Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery: other machinery
Other lifting and handling machinery
Not declarable on its own: use one of its 2 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8428 Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, elevators, escalators, conveyors, teleferics):
- 8428.90.03 Other machinery
What you pay
Importing into USA
US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
No additional measures recorded for this origin.
Subdivisions
- 8428.90.03 Other machinery Free
- 8428.90.03.10 Woodland log handling equipment (other than skidders) No.
- 8428.90.03.90 Other No.
Same subheading in other tariffs
8428.90 Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery: other machinery
UK Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
EU Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Canada Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 15% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 5% 
Brazil 7.2% – 20% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines · average 13.6% 
Argentina Free – 12.6% General (MFN) 16 tariff lines · average 11% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand 5% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Binding rulings for similar goods
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.
- N365016 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a Loadout System and an Automation System from Canada
- N363892 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a mobile container carrier from China
- N362842 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of an automated lumber bundle formation system from Canada
- N362546 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a vehicle lift, an automated mobile robot, and a pallet buffer from Israel
- N362547 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a lift and an automated mobile robot from Israel
- N360385 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a patient lift system from Canada
- N359798 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a portal robot handling unit from Austria
- N359804 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of the Indeelift People Picker Upper from China
Legal notes
HTS code 8428.90.03 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 8428.90 (other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery: other machinery).
The general duty is free.
2 statistical sub-lines below it are used in the declaration.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is 7.2%–20%, the Argentina duty is 0%–12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The United States imported goods of subheading 8428.90 worth US$3.6bn in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the USA import duty for HTS code 8428.90.03?
The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is free. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the United States import these goods from?
For subheading 8428.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$734m), followed by South Korea.
Typical products
- lifting gins
- locomotive or wagon traversers
- mechanical ladders
- palletisers
- stair lifts
- telphers
- wagon shaking machine
- wagon shaking machines
- wagon tippers
- well drilling derricks
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.