Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Chapter 88 of the Harmonised System covers Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof. It groups 6 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 88 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
88 is the two-digit HS chapter. Your destination country extends it to 8–10 digits and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty for many goods — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 88
The Harmonised System breaks Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof into these 6 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Balloons and dirigibles; gliders, hang gliders and other non-powered aircraft.
Aircraft n.e.c. in heading no. 8801, except unmanned aircraft of heading 8806, (e.g. helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles
Parachutes (including dirigible parachutes and paragliders) and rotochutes; parts thereof and accessories thereto
Aircraft launching gear, deck-arrestor or similar gear, ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles
Unmanned aircraft
Aircraft; parts of goods of heading 8801, 8802 or 8806
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