Continuous-action elevators and conveyors, for goods or materials, other than for underground use, not elsewhere specified

US trade by year

US imports were $1.36B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 60% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $337.2M, down 30%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8549.21, 8549.29, 8549.31 and 3 more, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Canada
• Mexico
• Germany
• Italy
• All countries

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

The 3 largest suppliers had 39.1% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

• Price
• Freight and insurance
• Duty

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $277.42 each: 80.9% below Italy.

Landed cost from Austria rose 664% on a year earlier, to $6,152 each, mostly on price: $701.90 each then, $5,230 each now.

How the market is shifting

Mexico gained the most share: 13.4% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 4.9% in the 12 months before. Austria lost the most: 5.8%, down from 14.6%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

• Canada
• Mexico
• Germany
• Italy
• All countries

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

1. February–May 2026 · Duty paid: Canada 3.1% → 13.8%, Mexico 4.4% → 11.5%, Germany 26.7% → 12.7%, Korea, South 24.3% → 14.9%, Japan 25.2% → 14.6%, Austria 20.9% → 15.0%, all countries 22.3% → 15.6%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of a Trade and Security Agreement Between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United StatesMay 28, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment DealDec 4, 2025 · International Trade Administration
2. April–October 2025 · Duty paid: Germany 0.0% → 29.8%, Korea, South 0.0% → 25.3%, Japan 0.6% → 12.4%, Austria 0.0% → 19.8%, all countries 8.0% → 22.5%.
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-EU Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced TradeSep 25, 2025 · Office of the US Trade Representative
   • Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan AgreementSep 16, 2025 · International Trade Administration
   • Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Inclusions ProcessAug 19, 2025 · Bureau of Industry and Security

Federal Register notices from the last 12 months that list this product's tariff codes. A notice can add a duty, exclude products from one or only mention them, so read each for what it changes. Search the Federal Register for 8428.39

• Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJul 20, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal DeforestationJun 4, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of a Trade and Security Agreement Between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United StatesMay 28, 2026 · Office of the US Trade Representative
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the Framework for a United States-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Agreement on Fair, Balanced, and Reciprocal TradeDec 18, 2025 · International Trade Administration
• Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment DealDec 4, 2025 · International Trade Administration

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 122 have reported 2025 so far. Where a country's figure for imports from the US is under half or over double what the US recorded exporting there that year, the US figure is shown under it.

The biggest market outside the US is Germany, which imported $506.6M of this product in 2025, 5.5% of that from the US by its own count; the US records $4.8M of exports there.

The US supplies 44.3% of imports into Canada and 40.4% into Mexico, but under 10% into the United Kingdom, Thailand and the Netherlands.

Of these, imports into Thailand grew fastest: up 54% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 8428: lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (including elevators, escalators and conveyors). US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.