Construction Equipment

• Trade and Tariffs
• Tariff Elimination

Trade and Tariffs

The construction equipment sector covers the non-agricultural equipment from the Uruguay Round sectoral initiatives on agriculture and construction equipment, as well as other construction related machinery and equipment products. In 2003, construction equipment accounted for 27.8 percent of total U.S. non-textile industrial exports to Oman, totaling approximately $104 million. Drilling and boring equipment dominate U.S. exports in this sector.

Oman applies a 5 percent tariff to all construction equipment that entered the country.

Oman did not export any construction equipment to the United States in 2003.

The United States does not impose a tariff on the importation of construction equipment.

Tariff Elimination

The U.S.-Oman FTA will eliminate all industrial tariffs in the United States and Oman within 10 years of implementation. Tariffs will be phased out according to three tariff elimination categories: 1) immediate elimination, 2) equal cuts over 5 years, and 3) equal cuts over 10 years.

100 percent of construction equipment from the United States to Oman will receive duty free treatment upon implementation of the agreement. The United States will continue to apply 100 percent duty free treatment to imports of construction equipment from Oman.

International Trade Administration
Manufacturing and Services
Office of Trade Policy Analysis