# HS code 8428.10: Lifts and skip hoists

> HS code 8428.10 covers lifts and skip hoists. It sits in heading 84.28 (other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.28 are classified under 8428.20 (pneumatic elevators and conveyors), 8428.31 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, specially designed for underground use), 8428.32 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, other, bucket type), 8428.33 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, other, belt type) or 5 others.

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842810
Last updated: 13 October 2026

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## Key facts

- HS code: 8428.10
- Covers: Lifts and skip hoists
- Heading: [84.28: Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8428)
- Chapter: [84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/84)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty rates: [Set by each country’s tariff](https://staging.border.bot/countries)

## What this code covers

HS code 8428.10 covers lifts and skip hoists.

The legal text of the subheading is “Lifts and skip hoists”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 84.28 are classified under 8428.20 (pneumatic elevators and conveyors), 8428.31 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, specially designed for underground use), 8428.32 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, other, bucket type), 8428.33 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, other, belt type) or 5 others.

- [8428.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842820) Pneumatic elevators and conveyors
- [8428.31](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842831) Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials: Specially designed for underground use
- [8428.32](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842832) Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials: Other, bucket type
- [8428.33](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842833) Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials: Other, belt type
- [8428.39](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842839) Other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials: Other
- [8428.40](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842840) Escalators and moving walkways
- [8428.60](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842860) Teleferics, chair-lifts, ski-draglines; traction mechanisms for funiculars
- [8428.70](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842870) Industrial robots
- [8428.90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842890) Other machinery

## How it is structured

8428.10 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8428, are heading 84.28; the last two, 10, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- Chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
- Heading 84.28: Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)
- Subheading 8428.10: Lifts and skip hoists

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under 8428.10 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8428.10 at six digits and add their own digits after it.

- Previous subheading: [8427.90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842790) Other trucks
- Next subheading: [8428.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842820) Pneumatic elevators and conveyors

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8428.10 cover?

HS code 8428.10 covers lifts and skip hoists.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8428.10 in?

HS code 8428.10 is in heading 84.28 (other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof).

### Where are goods of heading 84.28 classified when 8428.10 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 84.28 are classified under 8428.20 (pneumatic elevators and conveyors), 8428.31 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, specially designed for underground use), 8428.32 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, other, bucket type), 8428.33 (other continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, other, belt type) or 5 others.

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

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