# HS code 8429.59: Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders

> HS code 8429.59 covers mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, other than those classified in 8429.51 and 8429.52. 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. National tariff lines under 8429.59 are live on border.bot for the United States (7 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/842959
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 84](https://border.bot/hs-codes/84) / [84.29](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8429) / [8429.59](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842959)

## Key facts

- HS code: 8429.59
- Covers: Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders
- Heading: [84.29: Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8429)
- Chapter: [84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof](https://border.bot/hs-codes/84)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty in the United States: [See its 7 lines](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/842959)

## What this code covers

HS code 8429.59 covers mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, other than those classified in 8429.51 and 8429.52.

The legal text of the subheading is “Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Other”, 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://border.bot/hs-codes/842911) Bulldozers and angledozers: Track laying
- [8429.19](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842919) Bulldozers and angledozers: Other
- [8429.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842920) Graders and levellers
- [8429.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842930) Scrapers
- [8429.40](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842940) Tamping machines and road rollers
- [8429.51](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842951) Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Front-end shovel loaders
- [8429.52](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842952) Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Machinery with a 360 revolving superstructure

## How it is structured

8429.59 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8429, are heading 84.29; the last two, 59, 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 8429.59: Other

## In other countries

National tariff lines under 8429.59 are live on border.bot for the United States (7 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/842959): 7 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous subheading: [8429.52](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842952) Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: Machinery with a 360 revolving superstructure
- Next subheading: [8430.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843010) Pile-drivers and pile-extractors

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8429.59 cover?

HS code 8429.59 covers mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, other than those classified in 8429.51 and 8429.52.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8429.59 in?

HS code 8429.59 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 8429.59 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.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 8429.59?

National tariff lines under 8429.59 are live on border.bot for the United States (7 lines, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 11 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://border.bot/hs-codes/842959.json