HS code 8905.20: Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
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Key facts
- HS code
- 8905.20
- Covers
- Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
- Edition
- HS2022
- Duty rates
- Set by each country’s tariff
Summary
HS code 8905.20 covers floating or submersible drilling or production platforms. It sits in heading 89.05 (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) in chapter 89 (ships, boats and floating structures). Other goods of heading 89.05 are classified under 8905.10 (dredgers) or 8905.90 (other).
What this code covers
HS code 8905.20 covers floating or submersible drilling or production platforms.
The legal text of the subheading is “Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms”, in HS2022.
How it is structured
8905.20 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 89, are the chapter; the first four, 8905, are heading 89.05; the last two, 20, identify the subheading within the heading.
Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.
- Chapter 89
- Ships, boats and floating structures
- Subheading 8905.20
- Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
In other countries
No national tariff lines under 8905.20 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8905.20 at six digits and add their own digits after it.
Frequently asked questions
What does HS code 8905.20 cover?
HS code 8905.20 covers floating or submersible drilling or production platforms.
Which heading and chapter is HS code 8905.20 in?
HS code 8905.20 is in heading 89.05 (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) in chapter 89 (ships, boats and floating structures).
Where are goods of heading 89.05 classified when 8905.20 doesn’t fit?
Other goods of heading 89.05 are classified under 8905.10 (dredgers) or 8905.90 (other).
Sources and updates
The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.