Cable Logging Crane Truck from Mexico
A heavy-duty truck with cable-operated knuckleboom crane for loading logs in forestry operations. It qualifies under HTS 8705.10.00.10 as a cable-operated mobile crane, a special purpose vehicle not principally for goods transport. Cable mechanism is key for this classification.
Duty Rate — Mexico → 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
• Include forestry use certification; avoid pitfalls by specifying cable vs hydraulic in commercial invoice
• Check EPA emissions standards for diesel engines in special purpose vehicles
• Separate interchangeable tools (e.g
• grapples) as they classify outside Chapter 87 per notes