TARIFF TRACKER
USTR adds 100% Section 301 duties on China STS cranes and intermodal chassis
USTR adds 100% Section 301 duties on STS cranes and intermodal chassis and parts of China starting November 9, 2025. It also modifies vessel service fees, removes an LNG licensing suspension provision retroactive to April 17, 2025, and seeks comments on further cargo handling equipment tariffs.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
Paused
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EFFECTIVE
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Section 301
RATE
100%; $46/ton
100% additional duty on covered STS cranes, intermodal chassis and chassis parts; vehicle carrier fee $46 per net ton
COUNTRIES
China
PRODUCT FAMILIES
Industrial machinery
HTS CHAPTERS
84, 87
COVERED GOODS
Final Annex V.A covers ship-to-shore gantry cranes in HTSUS 8426.19.00 and intermodal chassis, subassemblies and parts in 8716.39.0090, 8716.90.30 and 8716.90.50.
EXCLUSIONS
STS cranes may avoid the 100% duty if they satisfy the non-China attestation heading or the grandfathered contract and entry provision. Chassis scope excludes dry van trailers, refrigerated van trailers and flatbed trailers. Maritime Security Program vessel operators receive targeted fee coverage.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Before November 9, identify imports in 8426.19.00, 8716.39.0090, 8716.90.30 and 8716.90.50 and confirm whether China content, ownership or product status triggers the new headings. For STS cranes, keep importer attestations and contract and entry records for any grandfathering claim, and submit comments on proposed further changes by November 10, 2025 if affected.
SOURCES
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE notice, 90 FR 48320 (October 16, 2025)
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "Federal Register Volume 90, Number 198 (Thursday, October 16, 2025)" (source)
Rate: "imposing additional duties of 100 percent on ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and duties of 100 percent on certain cargo handling equipment of China as described in Annex V.A of this notice." (source)
Rate: "set the service fee rate to $46 per net ton as of October 14, 2025" (source)
Effective date: "November 9, 2025: Additional duties on STS cranes and intermodal chassis and parts, as provided for in Annex V.A of this Notice, are effective as of this date." (source)
Covered goods: "ship-to-shore gantry cranes, configured as a high- or low-profile steel superstructure and designed to unload intermodal containers from vessels with coupling devices for containers, including spreaders or twist-locks" (source)
Countries: "duties on STS cranes, intermodal chassis, and chassis parts of China" (source)
Exclusions: "fulfilling in whole or in part an executed contract for sale dated prior to April 17, 2025 for goods that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the United States prior to April 18, 2027." (source)
Exclusions: "Scope excludes dry van trailers, refrigerated van trailers, and flatbed trailers." (source)
Status: "eliminating paragraph (j) of Annex IV of the April 23 notice, retroactive to April 17, 2025" (source)
Status: "The targeted coverage provision will apply as of October 14, 2025, and expire, unless renewed, on April 18, 2029." (source)
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