HTSUS, United States

8430.49.40.00

Offshore oil and natural gas drilling and production platforms

Classification path

  1. Other moving, grading, leveling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snowplows and snowblowers
  2. Other boring or sinking machinery
  3. Other
  4. Offshore oil and natural gas drilling and production platforms

Rates of duty

General (MFN)
Free
Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus
45%
Unit of quantity
kg

Related lines in heading 8430

About heading 8430

Other moving, grading, leveling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snowplows and snowblowers

Heading 8430 covers earth-moving and earth-boring machinery that is not covered by the self-propelled bulldozer, grader, scraper, shovel, loader and road roller lines of heading 8429. It includes pile-drivers and pile-extractors, snowplows and snowblowers, coal or rock cutters and tunneling machinery, boring and sinking machinery, and other tamping, compacting or excavating machines. The heading is split first by machine type, then by whether the machine is self-propelled.

Full guide to heading 8430

Products in this heading

  • Pile-drivers and pile-extractors
  • Truck-mounted or attachment-type snowblowers
  • Snowplows
  • Self-propelled rock breaking machines used in tunneling
  • Offshore oil and natural gas drilling and production platforms
  • Water well drilling rigs, rotary type
  • Peat excavators
  • Tamping or compacting machinery, not self-propelled

Frequently asked questions

What is the HTS code for pile-drivers and pile-extractors?

Pile-drivers and pile-extractors are classified under 8430.10.00.00, with a general (MFN) rate of Free.

What is the duty on snowblowers?

Snowblowers fall under 8430.20.00.30 when they are attachment type and 8430.20.00.60 for other snowblowers, both at a general (MFN) rate of Free.

How do I classify a self-propelled rock breaking machine used in tunneling?

A self-propelled rock breaking machine for coal or rock cutting and tunneling work is classified under 8430.31.00.40, at a general (MFN) rate of Free.

Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, retrieved October 21, 2026.

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