HTS tariff line · chapter 89
8906.90.00
Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than row boats: other
Analysis
HTS 8906.90.00 covers other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than row boats: other under heading 8906 (other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than row boats). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in metric tons and number of items.
For statistics it divides in two: 8906.90.00.10 for hulls and 8906.90.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 53% of the 32 tariff lines in chapter 89 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other line in the same group is 8906.10.00 (other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), an industry of 497 US establishments employing 99,786 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8906.10.00 | Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than row boats: warships | Free |