Subheading · Chapter 89 · Heading 8905
8905.20: Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
Floating drilling and production platforms
8905.20 is the HS subheading for floating drilling and production platforms, under heading 8905 in chapter 89.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8905 20 00 00 Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms Freep/st
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 1
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
Import requirements 4
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Iraq, Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/707, 2022 No.998, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9015
- 9016
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/583
- Documents
- L100 Import licence " controlled substances" (ozone), issued by the Commission
- Y902
- 9Y06
- Import controlImport control of fluorinated greenhouse gases
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 517/2014
- Documents
- Y054 Goods labelled according to the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
- Y053
- Y986 Exemption from import prohibition according to Article 11.1 and 11.2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
- Y926
- 9066
- Y950
- Y123 Undertaking registered in the F-Gas Portal according to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
- Y124
- Y976
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £47k | 77.7% | -96.4% | |
| £5k | 8.2% | -98.8% | |
| £5k | 7.9% | — | |
| £2k | 3.3% | — | |
| £2k | 2.8% | — | |
| £0 | 0% | -100% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$3mUS$3m+US$203m+US$630m+> US$1bn
Exports: 53
- China: US$3bn
- Angola: US$1bn
- Saudi Arabia: US$1bn
- Norway: US$784m
- Singapore: US$707m
- South Korea: US$630m
- United Kingdom: US$589m
- Brazil: US$528m
- India: US$479m
- Nigeria: US$432m
- Indonesia: US$417m
- Malaysia: US$261m
- United Arab Emirates: US$203m
- Thailand: US$153m
- Netherlands: US$147m
- Vanuatu: US$120m
- Italy: US$77m
- Panama: US$48m
- Taiwan: US$32m
- Denmark: US$25m
- Vietnam: US$19m
- South Africa: US$8m
- Japan: US$7m
- United States: US$3m
- Israel: US$3m
- Chile: US$3m
- Egypt: US$2m
- Bahrain: US$2m
- Myanmar (Burma): US$1m
- Poland: US$695k
- Colombia: US$468k
- Czechia: US$439k
- Portugal: US$155k
- Belgium: US$120k
- France: US$112k
- Ireland: US$110k
- Germany: US$77k
- St Barthélemy: US$49k
- Ukraine: US$47k
- Canada: US$41k
- Bahamas: US$39k
- Türkiye: US$35k
- Austria: US$33k
- Kenya: US$32k
- Spain: US$21k
- Senegal: US$14k
- Peru: US$11k
- Mozambique: US$8k
- Luxembourg: US$3k
- Australia: US$1k
- Sri Lanka: US$300
- Tanzania: US$200
- Russia: US$0
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$344kUS$344k+US$69m+US$355m+> US$1bn
Imports: 93
- Brazil: US$2bn
- Singapore: US$1bn
- United States: US$1bn
- Bahamas: US$810m
- United Kingdom: US$795m
- United Arab Emirates: US$761m
- Bahrain: US$669m
- Spain: US$535m
- India: US$467m
- Thailand: US$355m
- Canada: US$337m
- Norway: US$334m
- Saudi Arabia: US$332m
- Malaysia: US$297m
- China: US$249m
- Marshall Islands: US$146m
- Vietnam: US$145m
- Cyprus: US$143m
- Qatar: US$129m
- Australia: US$126m
- Nigeria: US$110m
- Sri Lanka: US$77m
- Angola: US$73m
- Indonesia: US$69m
- Congo - Brazzaville: US$42m
- Equatorial Guinea: US$31m
- Azerbaijan: US$25m
- Türkiye: US$20m
- Senegal: US$13m
- Uruguay: US$9m
- Mozambique: US$8m
- Netherlands: US$7m
- Israel: US$4m
- Russia: US$4m
- Chile: US$3m
- Egypt: US$2m
- France: US$2m
- Mauritania: US$2m
- Colombia: US$1m
- Ireland: US$939k
- Panama: US$682k
- Dominican Republic: US$538k
- Kazakhstan: US$478k
- Venezuela: US$468k
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$446k
- Uganda: US$387k
- Zimbabwe: US$344k
- Kuwait: US$296k
- Belgium: US$271k
- Central African Republic: US$199k
- Maldives: US$190k
- Mexico: US$164k
- Cape Verde: US$155k
- Denmark: US$120k
- Taiwan: US$119k
- Ghana: US$110k
- Kenya: US$109k
- Tanzania: US$87k
- Sierra Leone: US$73k
- Latvia: US$70k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$3bn | 28.9% | |
| 2 | US$1bn | 11.9% | |
| 3 | US$1bn | 10.1% | |
| 4 | US$784m | 6.8% | |
| 5 | US$707m | 6.1% | |
| 6 | US$630m | 5.4% | |
| 7 | US$589m | 5.1% | |
| 8 | US$528m | 4.6% | |
| 9 | US$479m | 4.1% | |
| 10 | US$432m | 3.7% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$2bn | 14.6% | |
| 2 | US$1bn | 12.6% | |
| 3 | US$1bn | 10.6% | |
| 4 | US$810m | 7% | |
| 5 | US$795m | 6.9% | |
| 6 | US$761m | 6.6% | |
| 7 | US$669m | 5.8% | |
| 8 | US$535m | 4.6% | |
| 9 | US$467m | 4% | |
| 10 | US$355m | 3.1% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 0.9%median duty
- 81number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Syria
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 0% – 25% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0.9%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 1.2%* | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 79355 Floating/submersible drilling/production platforms
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 512
- CPC 2.1 product
- 49320 Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 3011 Building of ships and floating structures
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8905.20 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 8905.20 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 8905.20 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 8905.20 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 8905.20 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 8905.20 | unchanged |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 1
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N344992 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a seawater treatment barge from Indonesia
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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CELEX 32026R0506 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 8905.20; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 8905.20 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.
174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of floating drilling and production platforms into the UK came to £59.9k between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 96% on the year before); Netherlands supplied 78%, followed by Poland.
In 2024, countries exported floating drilling and production platforms worth US$12bn (+16.7% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$3bn), followed by Angola.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for floating or submersible drilling or production platforms?
Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms fall under HS subheading 8905.20, part of heading 8905, in section XVII of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on floating or submersible drilling or production… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8905.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on floating or submersible drilling or production… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8905.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most floating or submersible drilling or production…?
China, with US$3bn in 2024 (28.9% of world exports).
Which countries can export floating drilling and production platforms to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on floating drilling and production platforms?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import floating drilling and production platforms from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Netherlands (78%), Poland (8%) and United States (8%), out of total imports of £59.9k.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.