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8428Chapter 84

HS code 8428: Lifting

Covers:
Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators… (10 subcodes below).
Not covered:
8426 (Ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes…); 8427 (Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with…); 8429 (Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders…); and others.

Official description

Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)

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What 8428 covers and what it doesn’t

Official text: Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics).

This is the “other” line of heading . It takes goods of that heading that no more specific subheading names. These go elsewhere:

Subheadings

Common questions

What is HS code 8428?
Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)
What does 8428 include?
It covers 10 subheadings: 842810 Lifts and skip hoists; 842820 Pneumatic elevators and conveyors; 842831 Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials — Specially designed for underground use; 842832 Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials — Other, bucket type; 842833 Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials — Other, belt type; 842839 Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials — Other; 842840 Escalators and moving walkways; 842860 Teleferics, chairlifts, ski-draglines; traction mechanisms for funiculars; 842870 Industrial robots; 842890 Other machinery.

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Find the companies shipping under 8428 in the company directory, or classify and check duty with the CLI.

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