Section 301 China maritime action: ship-to-shore cranes and intermodal chassis

What it is

In its Section 301 investigation of China's targeting of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors, USTR imposed 100% tariffs, effective Nov 9, 2025, on intermodal chassis and chassis parts of China and on ship-to-shore gantry cranes from any country that are products of China, contain any of the Chinese components listed in note 31(l)(ii), or are made by a Chinese-controlled company. Chinese cranes would also pay the 25% from the 2024 four-year review (9903.92.10). Under the Nov 1, 2025 U.S.-China deal, USTR suspended every action in the investigation from Nov 10, 2025 through Nov 9, 2026 and moved the tariff headings' start date to Nov 10, 2026. USTR said it would consider before that date whether to continue the suspension; no notice doing so was found as of Sep 30, 2026. Cranes fulfilling sales contracts dated before Apr 17, 2025 and entered before Apr 18, 2027 are exempt when the importer attests to it.

Legal authority: Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended; action by the U.S. Trade Representative in the investigation of China's targeting of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors for dominance (determined Apr 17, 2025; modified under section 307 on Oct 10, 2025), suspended at the direction of the President. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 lets the U.S. Trade Representative act against foreign acts, policies and practices that are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden U.S. commerce, including by adding duties on imports.

It reaches 4 listed tariff codes or code groups (a listed heading or subheading covers every code under it).

Rates

"+" rates are added on top of the regular duty. Chapter 99 headings are the numbers filed on the entry along with the product's own code.

• +100%Since Nov 10, 2026
  Only for goods that match: intermodal chassis, subassemblies thereof, and parts thereof, of China, provided for in statistical reporting number 8716.39.0090 or in subheadings 8716.90.30 or 8716.90.50

  Origin

  China

  Products

  Products under 8716.39.0090, 8716.90.30, 8716.90.50 (3 codes listed)

  Heading

  9903.91.12

• +100%Since Nov 10, 2026
  Only for goods that match: 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

  Origin

  China

  Products

  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 (in 8426.19.00)

  Heading

  9903.91.14

• +100%Since Nov 10, 2026
  Only for goods made with these materials: 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, provided for in subheading 8426.19.00, that are: (1) products of China; (2) products of countries other than China that contain components, assemblies or subassemblies, of China, as specified in subdivision (l)(ii) of this note; or (3) products that are manufactured by a company or other entity that is owned or controlled by a Chinese person or legal entity

  Origin

  Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City), Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

  Products

  Products under 8426.19.00

  Heading

  9903.91.14

• Nothing extraSince Nov 10, 2026
  Only for goods that match: articles of China provided for in statistical reporting number 8716.39.0090, or subheadings 8716.90.30 or 8716.90.50, other than intermodal chassis, subassemblies thereof, and parts thereof, of China, provided for in statistical reporting number 8716.39.0090 or in subheadings 8716.90.30 or 8716.90.50, which are subject to the additional duties provided for in heading 9903.91.12

  Origin

  China

  Products

  Products under 8716.39.0090, 8716.90.30, 8716.90.50 (3 codes listed)

  Heading

  9903.91.13

How it combines with other duties

Charged on top of the base rate: note 31(a) says products of China under 9903.91.12 and 9903.91.14 “shall also be subject to the general rates of duty”, and its chapter 98, trade-agreement and antidumping rules apply as for the rest of note 31. Chinese ship-to-shore cranes pay the 25% of 9903.92.10 as well: “Notwithstanding U.S. note 1 to this subchapter, products of China that are subject to the additional duties imposed by heading 9903.91.14 shall also be subject to the additional duties imposed by heading 9903.92.10.” (note 31(l)(i)). “Heading 9903.91.14 shall not apply to entries under headings 9903.91.09 (as long as it is operative), 9903.91.15 or 9903.91.16.” The chassis subheadings 8716.39.00, 8716.90.30 and 8716.90.50 are also on the List 3 product list (note 20(f), heading 9903.88.03); neither note says whether 9903.91.12 applies instead of that duty or in addition to it (see open questions).

Exemptions

Where an exemption turns on a legal condition, the condition is quoted exactly as the law states it.

Sources

1. HTS 2026 Revision 20, chapter 99, subchapter III, U.S. note 31, subdivisions (a), (k) and (l)
2. HTS 2026 Revision 20, headings 9903.91.12 to 9903.91.16
3. USTR, Notice of Action and Proposed Action in Section 301 Investigation of China's Targeting the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance, 90 FR 17114, Apr 23, 2025
4. USTR, Notice of Modification and Proposed Modification of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance (tariffs effective Nov 9, 2025, p. 48320; Annex V.A), 90 FR 48320, Oct 16, 2025
5. USTR, Notice of Modification of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance (one-year suspension; headings' date moved, p. 50948), 90 FR 50947, Nov 13, 2025

Checked against these sources on Oct 1, 2026. Rates shown are what CBP collects; antidumping and countervailing duties are separate.