HSN chapter guide
Chapter 89 — Ships & boats
31 eight-digit tariff lines. Rates below are from the Indian Customs Tariff First Schedule. Use the AI HSN classifier if you only have a product description. Reviewed by the CustomsAI compliance desk · 24 August 2026.
Chapter notes
- A hull, an unfinished or incomplete vessel, assembled, unassembled or disassembled, or a complete vessel unassembled or disassembled, is to be classified in heading 89.06 if it does not have the essential character of a vessel of a particular kind.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 8901 10 10 | Ships | 0% |
| 8901 10 20 | Launches | 0% |
| 8901 10 30 | Boats | 0% |
| 8901 10 40 | Barges | 0% |
| 8901 10 90 | Other | 0% |
| 8901 20 00 | Tankers | 0% |
| 8901 30 00 | Refrigerated vessels, other than those of Sub-heading 8901 20 | 0% |
| 8901 90 00 | Other vessels for transport of the goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | 0% |
| 8902 00 10 | Trawlers and other fishing vessels | 0% |
| 8902 00 90 | Other | 10% |
| 8903 11 00 | Fitted or designed to be fitted with a motor, unladen (net) weight (excluding the motor) not exceeding 100 kg | 20% |
| 8903 12 00 | Not designed for use with a motor and unladen (net) weight not exceeding 100 kg | 20% |
| 8903 19 00 | Other | 20% |
| 8903 21 00 | Of a length not exceeding 7.5 m | 20% |
| 8903 22 00 | Of a length exceeding 7.5 m but not exceeding 24 m | 20% |
| 8903 23 00 | Of a length exceeding 24 m | 20% |
| 8903 31 00 | Of a length not exceeding 7.5 m | 20% |
| 8903 32 00 | Of a length exceeding 7.5 m but not exceeding 24 m | 20% |
| 8903 33 00 | Of a length exceeding 24 m | 20% |
| 8903 93 00 | Of a length not exceeding 7.5 m | 20% |
| 8903 99 00 | Other | 20% |
| 8904 00 00 | TUGS AND PUSHER CRAFT | 10% |
| 8905 10 00 | Dredgers | 0% |
| 8905 20 00 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | 10% |
| 8905 90 10 | Floating docks | 10% |
| 8905 90 90 | Other | 10% |
| 8906 10 00 | Warships | 0% |
| 8906 90 00 | Other | 0% |
| 8907 10 00 | Inflatable rafts | 0% |
| 8907 90 00 | Other | 10% |
| 8908 00 00 | VESSELS AND OTHER FLOATING STRUCTURES FOR BREAKING UP | 0% |