HS chapter 89: Ships, boats and floating structures
Chapter 89 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, with the official text of every heading in it and their 6-digit subheadings.
Official description
89SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES
- Headings (4 digits)
- 8
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 25
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 42
Headings in chapter 89
- 8901 10 Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels principally designed for the transport of persons; ferry-boats of all kinds
- 8901 20 Tankers
- 8901 30 Refrigerated vessels, other than those of subheading 890120
- 8901 90 Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products (excl. fishing boats for sport)
- 8902 00 Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products
- 8903 11 Inflatable (including rigid hull inflatable) boats | Fitted or designed to be fitted with a motor, unladen (net) weight (excluding the motor) not exceeding 100 kg
- 8903 12 Inflatable (including rigid hull inflatable) boats | Not designed for use with a motor and unladen (net) weight not exceeding 100 kg
- 8903 19 Inflatable (including rigid hull inflatable) boats | Other
- 8903 21 Sailboats, other than inflatable, with or without auxiliary motor | Of a length not exceeding 7,5 m
- 8903 22 Sailboats, other than inflatable, with or without auxiliary motor | Of a length exceeding 7,5 m but not exceeding 24 m
- 8903 23 Sailboats, other than inflatable, with or without auxiliary motor | Of a length exceeding 24 m
- 8903 31 Motorboats, other than inflatable, not including outboard motorboats | Of a length not exceeding 7,5 m
- 8903 32 Motorboats, other than inflatable, not including outboard motorboats | Of a length exceeding 7,5 m but not exceeding 24 m
- 8903 33 Motorboats, other than inflatable, not including outboard motorboats | Of a length exceeding 24 m
- 8903 93 Other | Of a length not exceeding 7,5 m
- 8903 99 Other | Other
- 8904 00 Tugs and pusher craft
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks, floating or submersible drilling or production platforms (excl. fishing vessels and warships)
- 8905 10 Dredgers
- 8905 20 Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
- 8905 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Vessels, incl. warships and lifeboats (excl. rowing boats and other vessels of heading 8901 to 8905 and vessels for breaking up)
- 8906 10 Warships
- 8906 90 Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys, beacons and other floating structures (excl. vessels of heading 8901 to 8906 and floating structures for breaking up)
- 8907 10 Inflatable rafts
- 8907 90 Other
- 8908 00 Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.