8429.59Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders
HTS Code 8429.59 covers any article best defined as Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such ArticlesNuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereofSelf-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levelers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers:Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders:Other: in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 2 sub-classifications.
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What does HTS code 8429.59 cover?
HTS code 8429.59 covers mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders (Other:), classified under Chapter 84 (Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof) in the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule. There are 2 more specific sub-classifications under this code.
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