CLA-2-84:OT:RR:NC:N1:103
Kelley Edwards
Hiab
4405 Stuart Ave.
Richmond, VA 23221
RE: The tariff classification of personnel baskets from Italy or Sweden
Dear Mr. Edwards:
In your letter dated May 21, 2025, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The merchandise under consideration is referred to as a personnel basket and is described as an attachment
for lifting and transporting workers to elevated work areas. It is compatible with certain models of knuckle
boom cranes sold by Hiab. The basket also serves as a work platform and has a rectangular floor with guard
rails along its perimeter, a hinged gate, and a mounting assembly.
The personnel basket is available in multiple versions, which you identified as model numbers PB800,
SP800, 2AE, 2VE, and 2MF. They are all functionally the same, but differ in material, weight, overall
dimensions, and lifting capacity, which ranges from 200 kilograms to 225 kilograms. Model numbers SP800
and 2MF are made of steel, model numbers PB800 and 2AE are made of aluminum, and model number 2VE
is made of fiberglass.
The applicable subheading for the personnel basket, model numbers PB800, SP800, 2AE, 2VE, and 2MF will
be 8431.49.1090, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), which provides for “Parts
suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430: Of machinery of heading
8426, 8429 or 8430: Other: Of machinery of heading 8426: Other.” The general rate of duty will be free.
Regarding model numbers SP800 and 2MF, on March 12, 2025, Presidential proclamation 10896 imposed
additional tariffs on certain derivative iron or steel products. Additional duties for derivative iron or steel
products of 50 percent are reflected in Chapter 99, headings 9903.81.89 and 9903.81.90. Products provided
by heading 9903.81.91 will be subject to a duty of 50 percent upon the value of the steel content. At the time
of entry, you must report the Chapter 99 heading applicable to your product classification, i.e. 9903.81.91, in
addition to subheading 8431.49.1090, HTSUS. Derivative iron or steel products processed in another country
from steel articles melted and poured in the United States, provided for in heading 9903.81.92, are not subject
to the additional ad valorem duties. Please note that derivative steel products admitted to a U.S. foreign trade
zone under “privileged foreign status” before March 12, 2025, and entered for consumption on or after March
12, 2025, may be subject to additional duties under heading 9903.81.93, HTSUS.
Effective April 5, 2025, Executive Orders implemented “Reciprocal Tariffs.” All imported merchandise
must be reported with either the Chapter 99 provision under which the reciprocal tariff applies or one of the
Chapter 99 provisions covering exceptions to the reciprocal tariffs. At this time products from all countries
will be subject to an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty. For products covered by heading
9903.81.91 this additional duty applies to the non-steel content of the merchandise. At the time of entry, you
must report the Chapter 99 heading applicable to your product classification, i.e. 9903.01.25, in addition to
subheading 8431.49.1090, HTSUS, listed above.
Regarding model numbers PB800, 2AE, and 2VE, effective April 5, 2025, Executive Orders implemented
“Reciprocal Tariffs.” All imported merchandise must be reported with either the Chapter 99 provision under
which the reciprocal tariff applies or one of the Chapter 99 provisions covering exceptions to the reciprocal
tariffs. At this time products from all countries will be subject to an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of
duty. At the time of entry, you must report the Chapter 99 heading applicable to your product classification,
i.e. 9903.01.25, in addition to subheading 8431.49.1090, HTSUS, listed above.
The tariffs and additional duties cited above are current as of this ruling’s issuance. Duty rates are provided
for your convenience and are subject to change. The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying
duty rates are provided at https://hts.usitc.gov/.
The holding set forth above applies only to the specific factual situation and merchandise description as
identified in the ruling request. This position is clearly set forth in Title 19, Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), Section 177.9(b)(1). This section states that a ruling letter is issued on the assumption that all of the
information furnished in the ruling letter, whether directly, by reference, or by implication, is accurate and
complete in every material respect. In the event that the facts are modified in any way, or if the goods do not
conform to these facts at time of importation, you should bring this to the attention of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) and submit a request for a new ruling in accordance with 19 CFR 177.2.
Additionally, we note that the material facts described in the foregoing ruling may be subject to periodic
verification by CBP.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs and Border Protection
Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents
filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, please contact
National Import Specialist Paul Huang at [email protected].
Sincerely,
(for)
Steven A. Mack
Director
National Commodity Specialist Division