Notice

Trade remedies notice 2026/16: registration of imports of boom lifts originating from China

Updated 31 March 2026

This registration of imports public notice supersedes Trade remedies notice 2026/1: Registration of imports of boom lifts originating from China published on 20 January 2026.

This public notice was published on 31 March 2026 by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (‘the Act’).

The public notice instructs HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to register the importation of boom lifts originating from China (the ‘goods’ it relates to are described under the heading ‘goods description’).

Registration of the goods

This public notice gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to the Act to require HMRC to register the goods, which are the subject of an ongoing investigation and to which an anti-dumping and/or an anti-subsidy amount may be applied.

From 1 April 2026 HMRC will begin registering the goods.

Under regulation 91 and 92 of The Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, when a definitive remedy is implemented with respect to registered goods, duties may be payable from a date up to 90 days preceding the implementation of any provisional remedy. The level of duties charged will be determined by the definitive remedy that is implemented.

Goods description

The goods concerned originating in China are those subject to proceedings initiated on 19 December 2025 as specified in Notice of Initiation AD0075 and Notice of Initiation AS0076 and are defined as:

• boom lifts
• alternative names for the same product: cherry pickers, mobile access equipment (MAE), mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP), aerial work platforms (AWP) and elevating work platforms (EWP)

They are defined as:

• boom lifts designed for the lifting of people, equipment and/or materials
• with a maximum working height of 6 metres or more
• pre-assembled or ready-to assemble sections thereof, excluding individual components when presented separately (but not excluding the sections, presented individually or together, listed in the following paragraph)

The goods concerned may be imported as finished boom lifts, assembled or unassembled, or in the following sections presented individually or together:

• booms including articulated and telescopic or straight (with or without jibs) or sub-assemblies thereof, assembled or not
• chassis or sub-assemblies thereof, assembled or not
• boom turret or turntables or sub-assemblies thereof, assembled or not
• platforms or baskets or sub-assemblies thereof, assembled or not

The scope excludes:

• scissor lifts
• forklifts
• vertical mast lifts (including where described as a ‘boom’ or otherwise)
• mobile self-propelled cranes
• motor vehicles that incorporate a scissor arm assembly or boom assembly

UK Global Tariff commodity codes subject to registration

The goods subject to registration from 1 April 2026 are imported under the following commodity codes:

• 8427 1010 10
• 8427 9000 80
• 8428 9090 80
• 8431 3900 90
• 8427 1010 90
• 8428 1020 00
• 8431 2000 60
• 8427 2019 10
• 8428 1080 00
• 8431 3100 00
• 8427 2019 90
• 8428 9090 20
• 8431 3900 10
• 8427 10  90 00
• 8427 2090 00

Use additional code 8C10 when importing the goods concerned.

Use additional code 8C02 when importing the following goods:

• scissor lifts
• forklifts
• vertical mast lifts (including where described as a ‘boom’ or otherwise)
• mobile self-propelled cranes and motor vehicles that incorporate a scissor arm assembly or boom assembly

These goods are excluded from the scope of the measure and are not subject to registration.

Imposition date

This public notice takes effect from 1 April 2026.

Expiration date

The goods will continue to be registered until the Secretary of State for Business and Trade publishes a public notice instructing HMRC to stop registering the goods.