Skip Hoist Counterweight Frame from Japan
Structural steel frame assembly holding concrete counterweights in skip hoist systems for balancing heavy material loads during ascent/descent. Principally used with skip hoists of 8428, thus HTS 8431.31.0020.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16, 9903.82.20–9903.82.26 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) and (xi) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Attach engineering calculations showing balance for skip hoist capacities only
• Use HS explanatory notes references in invoices for skip hoist part validation