Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
HS heading 89.01 covers Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods. It sits within Chapter 89 and breaks down into 4 six-digit subheadings at the border.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 89.01 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
89.01 is the four-digit HS heading. 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.
Subheadings under HS 89.01
The Harmonised System breaks Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods into these 4 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels, principally designed for the transport of persons, ferry boats of all kinds
Tankers
Vessels, refrigerated; other than tankers
Vessels; n.e.c. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods
Related codes in Ships, boats and floating structures
Fishing vessels, factory ships and other vessels; for processing or preserving fishery products
89.03Yachts and other vessels; for pleasure or sports, rowing boats and canoes
89.04Tugs and pusher craft
89.05Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels; the navigability of which is subsidiary to main function; floating docks, floating, submersible drilling, production platforms
89.06Vessels; other, including warships and lifeboats, other than rowing boats
89.07Boats, floating structures, other (for e.g. rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons)
89.08Vessels and other floating structures; for breaking up
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