Parts for fork-lift trucks and other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment

US trade by year

US imports were $1.68B in the 12 months to Aug 2026, up 60% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $460.6M, up 19%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8524.11, 8524.12, 8524.19 and 12 more, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. In January 2017 the HS 2017 revision moved some goods between this code and 8542.31, 8542.32 and 8542.39, 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.

• China
• Mexico
• Canada
• 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 56.7% 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, Japan was cheapest, at $10.62 each: 74.9% below China.

Landed cost from Germany rose 75% on a year earlier, to $120.11 each, mostly on price: $58.28 each then, $99.86 each now.

How the market is shifting

India gained the most share: 7.9% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 6.8% in the 12 months before. 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.

• China
• Mexico
• Canada
• 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. May 2026 · Duty paid: Japan 43.6% → 16.6%.
2. January 2026 · Duty paid: China 45.4% → 30.7%, Mexico 26.1% → 12.0%, all countries 32.1% → 25.2%.
   • Notice of Modification and Proposed Modification of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for DominanceOct 16, 2025 · Office of the US Trade Representative
3. July–September 2025 · Duty paid: Mexico 5.0% → 30.2%, Canada 3.1% → 23.3%, Japan 9.8% → 41.8%, all countries 10.5% → 28.9%.
   • Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Inclusions ProcessAug 19, 2025 · Bureau of Industry and Security
4. February–April 2025 · Duty paid: China 3.0% → 35.5%, Mexico 0.0% → 5.4%, Japan 0.0% → 9.2%, all countries 0.6% → 6.9%.
5. October 2021 · Duty paid: China 15.1% → 5.2%.
   • Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty DeterminationOct 19, 2021 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional MeasuresSep 30, 2021 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From China; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Anti-Dumping Duty InvestigationsAug 12, 2021 · International Trade Commission
6. April 2021 · Duty paid: China 2.2% → 15.1%.
   • Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From China DeterminationsApr 16, 2021 · International Trade Commission
   • Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty InvestigationMar 25, 2021 · International Trade Administration
   • Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value InvestigationMar 25, 2021 · International Trade Administration
7. July 2018 · Duty paid: China 0.0% → 5.6%.

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; 123 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 $835.7M of this product in 2025, 0.6% of that from the US.

Of these, imports into Spain grew fastest: up 61% from 2024 to 2025.

Related products

Other products under heading 8431: parts of machinery of headings 8425 to 8430 covering derricks, fork-lift trucks, conveyers, self-propelled bulldozers, graders, snowplows, etc.. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.