# Lifts and skip hoists (HS4 8428) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Lifts and skip hoists at HS4 8428, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The lifts and skip hoists subsector recorded $39.0B in reported global trade in 2024, with -3.2% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $39.0B |
| Latest annual change | -3.2% |
| Active exporters | 182 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 9 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $8.4B | 3,529 | 9 |
| 1996 | $9.3B | 3,584 | 9 |
| 1997 | $9.2B | 3,723 | 9 |
| 1998 | $8.8B | 3,691 | 9 |
| 1999 | $8.7B | 4,045 | 9 |
| 2000 | $9.1B | 4,426 | 9 |
| 2001 | $9.0B | 4,477 | 9 |
| 2002 | $9.0B | 4,668 | 9 |
| 2003 | $10.4B | 4,798 | 9 |
| 2004 | $13.3B | 4,987 | 9 |
| 2005 | $15.7B | 5,159 | 9 |
| 2006 | $18.6B | 5,313 | 9 |
| 2007 | $21.8B | 5,644 | 9 |
| 2008 | $25.1B | 5,896 | 9 |
| 2009 | $18.5B | 5,745 | 9 |
| 2010 | $19.0B | 5,855 | 9 |
| 2011 | $23.8B | 6,041 | 9 |
| 2012 | $25.2B | 6,217 | 9 |
| 2013 | $26.7B | 6,393 | 9 |
| 2014 | $28.4B | 6,524 | 9 |
| 2015 | $27.2B | 6,706 | 9 |
| 2016 | $26.9B | 6,608 | 9 |
| 2017 | $29.7B | 6,803 | 9 |
| 2018 | $32.2B | 6,935 | 9 |
| 2019 | $32.2B | 7,055 | 9 |
| 2020 | $28.7B | 6,651 | 9 |
| 2021 | $33.1B | 6,729 | 9 |
| 2022 | $35.8B | 6,895 | 9 |
| 2023 | $38.7B | 6,965 | 9 |
| 2024 | $39.0B | 6,955 | 9 |

## Leading corridors

- Germany to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.2B; growth +16.6%.
- Canada to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.2B; growth +4.2%.
- Mexico to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $1.1B; growth +7.1%.
- Republic of Korea to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $992.1M; growth +72%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Canada: $851.0M; growth +7%.
- China to Viet Nam: $570.8M; growth +18%.
- China to Russia: $564.2M; growth +45.7%.
- China to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $562.3M; growth +23.4%.
- Japan to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $524.7M; growth -0.2%.
- China to India: $498.1M; growth +34.2%.

## HS6 products

- Lifts and skip hoists: for lifting, handling, loading or unloading (HS6 842810)
- Elevators and conveyors: pneumatic (HS6 842820)
- Elevators and conveyors: continuous-action, specially designed for underground use, for goods and materials, n.e.s. in heading no. 8428 (HS6 842831)
- Elevators and conveyors: continuous-action, bucket type, for goods or materials (HS6 842832)
- Elevators and conveyors: continuous-action, belt type, for goods or materials (HS6 842833)
- Elevators and conveyors: continuous-action, for goods or materials, n.e.c. in item no. 8428.20, 8428.31, 8428.32 or 8428.33 (HS6 842839)
- Escalators and moving walkways (HS6 842840)
- Wagons: mine wagon pushers, locomotive or wagon traversers, wagon tippers and similar railway wagon handling equipment (HS6 842850)
- Lifting machinery: teleferics, chair-lifts, ski-draglines and traction mechanisms for funiculars (HS6 842860)
- Industrial robots (HS6 842870)
- Lifting machinery: handling, loading or unloading machinery n.e.s. in heading no. 8428 (HS6 842890)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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