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Customs Tariff Act 1975 Chapter 89

Ships, Boats and Floating Structures

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Customs Tariff Act 1975 Chapter 89 is part of Customs Tariff Act 1975 - Ships, Boats and Floating Structures. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

CHAPTER 89

SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES

NOTES

1. A hull, an unfinished or incomplete vessel, assembled, unassembled or disassembled, or a complete vessel, unassembled or disassembled, is to be classified in heading 8906 if it does not have the essential character of a vessel of a particular kind.

Tariff Item

Description of goods

________________________

1. Substituted By The Third Schedule of Finance Act, 2006 w.e.f. 18.04.2006.

2. Substituted by the Finance Act, 2007 for 1[12.5%].

Unit

Rate of duty

Std.

Prefnl.

Areas

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

8901

Cruise ships, excursion boats , ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods

8901 10

-

Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels principally designed for he transport of persons; ferry-boats of all kinds:

8901 10 10

---

Ships

u

[10%]2

-

8901 10 20

---

Launches

u

[10%]2

-

8901 10 30

---

Boats

u

[10%]2

-

8901 10 40

---

Barges

u

[10%]2

-

8901 10 90

---

Other

u

[10%]2

-

8901 20 00

-

Tankers

u

[10%]2

-

8901 30 00

-

Refrigerated vessels, other than those of Sub-heading 8901 20

u

[10%]2

-

8901 90 00

-

Other vessels for transport of the goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods

u

[10%]2

-

8902

Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products

8902 00

-

Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products :

8902 00 10

---

Trawlers and other fishing vessels

u

[10%]2

-

8902 00 90

---

Other

u

[10%]2

-

8903

Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes

8903 10 00

-

Inflatable

u

[10%]2

-

-

Other :

8903 91 00

--

Sail boats, with or without auxiliary motor

u

[10%]2

-

8903 92 00

--

Motorboats, other than outboard motorboats

u

[10%]2

-

8903 99

--

Other :

8903 99 10

---

Canoes

u

[10%]2

-

8903 99 90

---

Other

u

[10%]2

-

8904 00 00

Tugs and pusher craft

u

[10%]2

-

8905

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

8905 10 00

-

Dredgers

u

[10%]2

-

8905 20 00

-

Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms

u

[10%]2

-

8905 90

-

Other :

8905 90 10

---

Floating docks

u

[10%]2

-

8905 90 90

---

Other

u

[10%]2

-

8906

Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than rowing boats

8906 10 00

-

Warships

u

[10%]2

-

8906 90 00

-

Other

u

[10%]2

-

8907

Other floating structures ( for example, rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing-stages, buoys and beacons)

8907 10 00

-

Inflatable rafts

u

[10%]2

-

8907 90 00

-

Other

u

[10%]2

-

8908 00 00

Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up

u

[10%]2

-

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