# HS code 8429.51: Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, front-end shovel loaders

> HS code 8429.51 covers mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, front-end shovel loaders. It sits in heading 84.29 (self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.29 are classified under 8429.11 (bulldozers and angledozers, track laying), 8429.19 (bulldozers and angledozers, other), 8429.20 (graders and levellers), 8429.30 (scrapers) or 3 others.

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842951
Last updated: 13 October 2026

[HS codes](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 84](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/84) / [84.29](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8429) / [8429.51](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842951)

## Key facts

- HS code: 8429.51
- Covers: Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, front-end shovel loaders
- Heading: [84.29: Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8429)
- 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 8429.51 covers mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, front-end shovel loaders.

The legal text of the subheading is “Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Front-end shovel loaders”, read under “Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 84.29 are classified under 8429.11 (bulldozers and angledozers, track laying), 8429.19 (bulldozers and angledozers, other), 8429.20 (graders and levellers), 8429.30 (scrapers) or 3 others.

- [8429.11](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842911) Bulldozers and angledozers: Track laying
- [8429.19](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842919) Bulldozers and angledozers: Other
- [8429.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842920) Graders and levellers
- [8429.30](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842930) Scrapers
- [8429.40](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842940) Tamping machines and road rollers
- [8429.52](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842952) Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Machinery with a 360 revolving superstructure
- [8429.59](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842959) Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Other

## How it is structured

8429.51 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8429, are heading 84.29; the last two, 51, 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 84.29: Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers
- Within the heading: Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders
- Subheading 8429.51: Front-end shovel loaders

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under 8429.51 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8429.51 at six digits and add their own digits after it.

- Previous subheading: [8429.40](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842940) Tamping machines and road rollers
- Next subheading: [8429.52](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842952) Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Machinery with a 360 revolving superstructure

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8429.51 cover?

HS code 8429.51 covers mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, front-end shovel loaders.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8429.51 in?

HS code 8429.51 is in heading 84.29 (self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof).

### Where are goods of heading 84.29 classified when 8429.51 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 84.29 are classified under 8429.11 (bulldozers and angledozers, track laying), 8429.19 (bulldozers and angledozers, other), 8429.20 (graders and levellers), 8429.30 (scrapers) or 3 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.

Machine-readable: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/842951.json