Home Tariff codes United States Chapter 89
US HTS chapter 89
Short title: Ships, boats and floating structures.
A short title is written by HTS Pilot; it is not the text of the schedule.
8 headings
The title of this chapter and its legal notes are not reproduced here. Chapter 89 at USITC, with its title and notes (PDF)
Heading Description Lines
8901 Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods 4 8902 Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products 1 8903 Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; row boats and canoes 52 8904 Tugs and pusher craft 1 8905 Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks; floating or submersible drilling or production platforms 5 8906 Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than row boats 4 8907 Other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, cofferdams, landing-stages, buoys and beacons) 5 8908 Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up (scrapping) 1
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Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – 2026 HTS Revision 20, effective 28 September 2026. The schedule at USITC
Not shown: the additional duties of Chapter 99 (such as Section 301 and Section 232), anti-dumping and countervailing duties, quotas and the legal notes.
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