8905Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes
HTS Code 8905 covers any article best defined as Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport EquipmentShips, boats and floating structuresLight-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: in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 3 sub-classifications.
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What does HTS code 8905 cover?
HTS code 8905 covers light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes (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:), classified under Chapter 89 (Ships, boats and floating structures) in the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule. There are 3 more specific sub-classifications under this code.
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