84.28 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery; n.e.c. in heading no. 8425, 8426 or 8427 (e.g. lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)
One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.
Section XVI, Machinery & Electrical — machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical and electronic equipment.
- 84 Chapter Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
- 28 Heading Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery; n.e.c. in heading no. 8425, 8426 or 8427 (e.g. lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 10 six-digit codes below
Chapter 84 covers machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof: industrial machinery, engines, pumps, computers and other non-electrical mechanical equipment. With 86 headings and 538 six-digit codes, it's the largest chapter in the Harmonized System and covers most industrial and computing equipment. Classification tip: Machines are usually classified by function (what the machine does) rather than the industry that uses it, and parts generally follow the classification of the finished machine they belong to: check both rules before assigning a code.
All of chapter 84The 10 six-digit codes under 84.28
One of these is the number you declare.
- 8428.10 Lifts and skip hoists
- 8428.20 Elevators and conveyors; pneumatic
- 8428.31 Elevators and conveyors; continuous-action, for goods and materials, specially designed for underground use, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20
- 8428.32 Elevators and conveyors; continuous-action, for goods or materials, bucket type, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20 or 8428.31
- 8428.33 Elevators and conveyors; continuous-action, for goods or materials, belt type, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20 or 8428.31
- 8428.39 Elevators and conveyors; continuous-action, for goods or materials, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20, 8428.31, 8428.32 or 8428.33
- 8428.40 Escalators and moving walkways
- 8428.60 Teleferics, chair-lifts, ski-draglines, traction mechanisms for funiculars
- 8428.70 Industrial robots
- 8428.90 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery; n.e.c. in heading no. 8425, 8426, 8427 or 8428
Other headings in chapter 84
The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.
Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.
Shipping goods under 84.28? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment84.28 FAQ
Heading 84.28 covers lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery; n.e.c. in heading no. 8425, 8426 or 8427 (e.g. lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics). It is part of chapter 84 (machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof), and it is subdivided into 10 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 10 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XVI and to chapter 84. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.
A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.