HTS heading · chapter 88
8805
Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles
Analysis
Heading 8805 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 3 eight-digit tariff lines, with 3 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 3 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 8805.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 8805.21 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8805.29 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331) and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 48th percentile of the headings in chapter 88.
The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8805.10.00 | Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck- arrestors or similar gear and parts thereof | Free |
| 8805.21.00 | Air combat simulators and parts thereof | Free |
| 8805.29.00 | Ground flying trainers and parts thereof: other | Free |