Customs Declare
HS 2022 subheading

HS code 8429.52: Excavators

HS code 8429.52 covers: Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders; with a 360 degree revolving super structure. It is a subheading of heading 8429, in chapter 84.

Where 8429.52 sits in the tariff

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. Countries and regions add their own digits after them.

  1. Chapter

    84 Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof

  2. Heading

    8429Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and roadrollers

  3. Subheading

    8429.52 Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders; with a 360 degree revolving super structure

Other subheadings under heading 8429

  • 8429.11Bulldozers and angledozers; self-propelled, track laying
  • 8429.19Bulldozers and angledozers; self-propelled, other than track laying
  • 8429.20Graders and levellers
  • 8429.30Scrapers; self-propelled
  • 8429.40Tamping machines and road rollers; self-propelled
  • 8429.51Front-end shovel loaders
  • 8429.52Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders; with a 360 degree revolving super structureThis page
  • 8429.59Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders; n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50

How tariffs divide 8429.52 further

National and regional tariffs add digits after the six shared ones, splitting this subheading into more specific lines. The tables list every line we hold for 8429.52 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union2
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States7
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom2
India ITC-HS (8-digit)India1
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule1
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community1
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur5
Turkey GTIPTürkiye3
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt1
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa1
Lines in total24

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 2 lines

CodeDescription
8429 52 10Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure – Track-laying excavators
8429 52 90Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure – Other

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 7 lines

CodeDescription
8429 52 10 10Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure – Backhoes, shovels, clamshells and draglines – New – Crawler mounted – Hydraulic
8429 52 10 20Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure – Backhoes, shovels, clamshells and draglines – New – Crawler mounted – Other
8429 52 10 30Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure – Backhoes, shovels, clamshells and draglines – New – Other – Hydraulic
8429 52 10 40Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure – Backhoes, shovels, clamshells and draglines – New – Other – Other
8429 52 10 50Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure – Backhoes, shovels, clamshells and draglines – Used or rebuilt
8429 52 50 10Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure – Other – New
8429 52 50 90Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360˚ revolving superstructure – Other – Used or rebuilt

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 2 lines

CodeDescription
8429 52 10 00Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure – Track-laying excavators
8429 52 90 00Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure – Other

India ITC-HS (8-digit)

India — 1 line

CodeDescription
8429 52 00Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders : – Machinery with a 360 degrees revolving superstructure

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 1 line

CodeDescription
8429 52 00 00 00Mechanical shovels, excavators & shovel loaders (excluding front-end shovel loaders) with a 360? revolving super structure.

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 1 line

CodeDescription
8429 52 00Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders – Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 5 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8429 52 11Mechanical shovels, excavators, loaders and shovel loaders: – Machinery whose superstructure is capable of making a 360° rotation – Excavators – Of a flywheel power equal to or greater than 484.7 kW (650 HP)
8429 52 12Mechanical shovels, excavators, loaders and shovel loaders: – Machinery whose superstructure is capable of making a 360° rotation – Excavators – Of an engine power not exceeding 40.3 kW (54 HP)
8429 52 19Mechanical shovels, excavators, loaders and shovel loaders: – Machinery whose superstructure is capable of making a 360° rotation – Excavators – Other
8429 52 20Mechanical shovels, excavators, loaders and shovel loaders: – Machinery whose superstructure is capable of making a 360° rotation – Motor chassis suitable for fitting with equipment of subheadings 8430.49, 8430.61 or 8430.69, whether or not with rail-travelling devices
8429 52 90Mechanical shovels, excavators, loaders and shovel loaders: – Machinery whose superstructure is capable of making a 360° rotation – Other

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 3 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8429 52 10 00 00Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: – Machinery and equipment with a superstructure capable of rotating through 380 degrees: – Crawler excavators
8429 52 90 00 11Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: – Machinery and equipment with a superstructure capable of rotating through 380 degrees: – Other – Rubber-tyred
8429 52 90 00 19Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: – Machinery and equipment with a superstructure capable of rotating through 380 degrees: – Other – Other Unit sü

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8429 52 00 00Machinery with a superstructure capable of rotating through 360 degrees.

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8429 52 00 00Mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders and shovel-dozers – Machinery with superstructure capable of 360° rotation

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