NCS/ARS/CL/10156

You have applied for the tariff classification of a bucket elevator which will be incorporated into a silo used for storing grains, according to the supporting documents you provided, this equipment will be imported disassembled.

A Bucket Elevator is the equipment used for hauling flowable bulk materials vertically. It uses belts as traction devices to transport materials from low to high places. It is a common material conveying equipment widely used in mining, building materials, chemical industry, metallurgical, and other industries. . https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-belt-type-bucket-elevator-da-lin-rinvc

THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF BELT-TYPE BUCKET ELEVATORS ARE

1. Driving Device

2. Rollers 

3. Belts

4. Buckets and Frames

WORKING PRINCIPLES OF BELT-TYPE BUCKET ELEVATOR 

The driving device usually uses an electric motor, which transmits power to the belt through a reducer and a transmission device to drive the belt to run. The idler roller is installed on the frame to support and guide the movement of the belt. The bucket is fixed on the belt and used to load materials. When the motor starts, the power is transmitted to the belt through the reducer and transmission device, causing it to start running. The material enters the bucket from the feed port, and as the belt runs, the bucket is raised to the discharge port position. At the discharge port, the bucket dumps the material to complete the unloading of the material. Subsequently, the bucket continues to run to the feed inlet position, and the material is transported cyclically. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-belt-type-bucket-elevator-da-lin-rinvc

CLASSIFICATION

On the strength of the information provided in the preceding paragraphs, the belt-type bucket elevator will be classified in tariff Heading 8428 - Other lifting, handling, loading, or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics), subheading 8428320000 - Other, bucket type at 5% duty rate without VAT in the ECOWAS CET 2022 - 2027.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK 

GIRs 1, 2(a) and 6