Code 8905 90 · Heading 8905

Lightships, harbour fireboats, floating cranes, other vessels whose main function is not navigation, and floating docks, excluding dredgers, floating or submersible drilling and production platforms, fishing and catching vessels, and warships

This covers lightships, harbour fireboats, floating cranes, other vessels whose main function is something other than navigation, and floating docks. It does not cover dredgers, floating or submersible drilling and production platforms, fishing and catching vessels, or warships.

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Official tariff text

Light-vessels, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function (excl. dredgers, floating or submersible drilling or production platforms; fishing vessels and warships)

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Step 1 · Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transpor…
Is the item railway or tramway equipment, another vehicle, an aircraft or spacecraft, or a ship, boat or floating structure?
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Step 2 · Chapter 89 Ships, boats and floating structures 4 of 4 chapters in section XVII
Which best describes it: a passenger or cargo vessel; a fishing or fish-processing vessel; a pleasure or sports boat, rowing boat or canoe; a tugboat or pushing vessel; a vessel whose main function is not sailing, a floating dock, or a drilling or production platform; another vessel, including a warship or lifeboat; a raft, tank, caisson, landing stage, navigation mark or other floating material; or material for scrapping?
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Step 3 · Heading 8905 Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cran… 5 of 8 headings under chapter 89
Is it a dredger; a floating or submersible drilling or production platform; or otherwise a lighthouse vessel, harbour sprayer, floating crane, other vessel whose main function is not navigation, or a floating dock?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8905 90 Light-vessels, fire-floats, floating cranes and oth… 3 of 3 subheadings under heading 8905
Is it a seagoing vessel?

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8905 10 Dredgers 0.0–1.7%
8905 20 Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms 0.0%
8905 90 Light-vessels, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function (excl. dredgers, floating or submersible drilling or production platforms; fishing vessels and warships) you are here 0.0–1.7%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

89.05.9000

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

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Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.