Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan · CCC code · HS 8906.90
8906.90.10.00: Other vessels (not warships): Lifeboats
Other vessels (not warships)
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan, in force from 24 April 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into Taiwan
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
8906.90 Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than: other
Taiwan lines: 8906.90
Binding rulings for similar goods
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.
- N324893 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a boat hull from the Netherlands.
Legal notes
Note
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.
Additional notes
1. Subheadings 89011010, 89012010, 89013010, 89019010, 89020010, 89032210, 89032310, 89033210, 89033310, 89040091 and 89069010 are to be taken to apply only to vessels, designed as seagoing, having a hull of an overall length (excluding any projecting parts) of not less than 12 m. However, fishing boats and lifeboats, designed as seagoing, shall be considered as seagoing vessels regardless of their length.
2. Subheadings 89051010 and 89059010 are to be taken to apply only to vessels and floating docks, designed as seagoing.
3. For the purpose of heading 8908, the expression ‘vessels and other floating structures for breaking up’ includes the following articles when presented for breaking up, on condition that they have formed part of their normal equipment:
spare parts (such as propellers), whether or not in a new condition,
movable articles (furniture, kitchen equipment, tableware, etc.) showing clear evidence of use.
CCC code 8906.90.10.00 is a line of the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan under HS subheading 8906.90 (other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than: other).
The column 1 rate is free, and quantities are declared in NIU.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 0%–2.7%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–2.7%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is 0%–25%, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 20%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the GCC duty is free, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 15% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
Taiwan imported goods of subheading 8906.90 worth US$167m in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the Taiwan import duty for CCC code 8906.90.10.00?
The column 1 rate in the Customs Import Tariff of Taiwan is free; the supplementary unit is NIU. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Taiwan import these goods from?
For subheading 8906.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$32m), followed by Indonesia.
Typical products
- dracones
- hopper barges
- hospital ships
- laboratory ships
- pilot boats
- scientific research vessels
- ships, cable
- weather ships
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.