US imports of Tractors

US imports under HTS 8701 at a glance

Between March and July 2026, US importers entered $4.63 billion of tractors under HTS heading 8701, from 27 of the 55 origin countries covered here and across 27 ten-digit tariff lines — roughly $925 million a month of customs value under a single four-digit heading.

Chapter 87 covers vehicles other than railway rolling stock; heading 8701 is one of its larger entries by value, which is why the duty treatment below is worth checking line by line.

Who exports tractors to the United States

Mexico supplies 63% of everything entered under this heading — $2.92 billion over the five months — which makes this a single-source market in practice. Germany is a distant second at 8.9%, then Japan at 6.5%. When one origin carries this much of a heading, a tariff action aimed at that country moves the landed cost of the whole category rather than shifting share between suppliers.

Mexico sits near the top of the table, and the duty numbers reflect it: Mexico entered 27.7% of its value free of duty. Cargo that qualifies under USMCA and is claimed correctly at entry pays nothing; cargo that does not qualify, or that is never claimed, pays the ordinary rate. The certification is the whole difference.

What importers actually paid in duty

Almost everything under this heading is dutiable: 81% of entered value carried duty, and CBP collected $828 million over the five months. The effective rate on dutiable value was 22.1%, which works out to $17.89 of duty per $100 of goods. There is no meaningful duty-free channel here — classification and origin are the only levers.

The spread between origins is real. Among origins with at least 2% of the heading, Brazil paid the most duty relative to value — $20.65 per $100 — while Japan paid $17.59. On a $250,000 purchase order that gap is about $8,000 in duty alone, which is worth pricing into a sourcing decision rather than discovering on the entry summary.

The 10-digit lines under heading 8701

27 ten-digit lines carried trade under this heading in the period. The largest, 8701.21.00.15 (with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine), took 60.2% of the heading at $2.79 billion. 8701.94.10.00, 8701.93.10.00 and 8701.95.10.00 follow. Rates diverge between those lines, so the classification your broker files is worth checking against the goods rather than carried over from the last entry.

What the duty stack looks like

The rate on an entry is not one number. It is a stack: the general (column 1) rate for the 10-digit line, less any trade-agreement preference the goods qualify for, plus whatever additional duties apply to that product and origin, all applied to the customs value declared. The $17.89 per $100 above is what that stack averaged across every entry in this heading — a benchmark, not a quote.

For the origins carrying the most volume, the per-country breakdowns go a level deeper: Germany (8701.94.10), Japan (8701.93.10) and South Korea (8701.93.10). To price a specific shipment, put your 10-digit code and country of origin into the tariff simulator.

What this means for your next shipment

The practical sequence is: confirm the 10-digit line against the actual goods, confirm origin under the substantial-transformation rules rather than the shipping address, then price the duty on that pair. Airlift USA moves the cargo and coordinates classification and entry filing through our licensed broker network, so the code agreed at booking is the one on the entry.

For the operational side rather than the tariff side, see the Automotive Parts & Accessories guide for how this cargo moves, the Brazil to USA lane for transit times and ports and the heading index to compare against the rest of chapter 87.