HS Chapter 89

Ships, boats and floating structures

8 headings · 37 HS codes. Choose a 4-digit heading to see its tariff lines.

Heading 8901 Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods 16 codes Heading 8902 Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery products 1 codes Heading 8903 Yachts and other vessels; for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes 11 codes Heading 8904 Tugs and pusher craft 1 codes Heading 8905 Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms 3 codes Heading 8906 Vessels; other, including warships and lifeboats, other than rowing boats 2 codes Heading 8907 Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons) 2 codes Heading 8908 Vessels and other floating structures; for breaking up 1 codes

Recorded imports

Between December 2025 and May 2026, NBR recorded commercial imports worth BDT 38,006,143,482 (551,463,766 kg) under this chapter, across 10 of its 37 tariff lines. The remaining 27 recorded no commercial import in that window.

Month	Lines with imports	Net weight	Assessable value
December 2025	5	69,591,221 kg	BDT 4,890,648,801
January 2026	5	112,464,692 kg	BDT 8,937,756,781
February 2026	4	85,404,777 kg	BDT 5,063,536,982
March 2026	4	31,222,813 kg	BDT 1,630,283,609
April 2026	8	172,359,355 kg	BDT 12,919,361,781
May 2026	5	80,420,908 kg	BDT 4,564,555,528

The largest lines by assessable value in May 2026:

89080000 — Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up. — BDT 4,562,929,951
89071000 — Inflatable Rafts — BDT 801,674
89069000 — OTHER VESSELS, EXCLUDING WARSHIPS — BDT 683,025
89079000 — Oth.Floating Structures(Egtanks,Cofferdams,Landingstages,Buoys/Beacons)Nes — BDT 110,831
89031900 — Inflatable (including rigid hull inflatable) boats : OTHER — BDT 30,047

Bonded imports. A further BDT 46,373,857 (21,710 kg) entered under the bonded-warehouse regime over the same months — duty-free inputs imported against an undertaking to re-export them. That is 0.1% of the total value imported under this chapter.

Import figures: NBR Import Statements (IM-4 commercial, IM-7 bonded), December 2025 – May 2026. Assessable value is the customs value on which duty is charged, not the retail or invoice price.

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