HTS tariff line · chapter 89
8907.90.00
Other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, cofferdams, landing-stages, buoys and beacons): other
Analysis
HTS 8907.90.00 covers other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, cofferdams, landing-stages, buoys and beacons): other under heading 8907 (other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, cofferdams, landing-stages, buoys…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.
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 8907.10.00 (other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332313 (Plate Work Manufacturing), an industry of 1,726 US establishments employing 47,243 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The ten-digit suffixes separate buoys and tanks. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8907.10.00 | Other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, cofferdams, landing-stages, buoys and beacons): inflatable rafts | Free |