Salvage Lifting Barge

Heavy lift barge with submersible pontoons for sunken vessel recovery operations. Lifting/salvage function dominates navigation per HTS 8905.90.50.00.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+35.0%35%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+10.0%10%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+10.0%10%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+10.0%10%
🇯🇵JapanFree+10.0%10%

Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

8901.90.00.00Same rate: 35%

If regular heavy-lift transport service

Commercial transport vessels classify by service.

8426.49.00Same rate: 35%

If lift equipment without hull

Separate cranes in Chapter 84.

8906Lower: 10% vs 35%

If incomplete salvage equipment

Unfinished vessels to 8906 per chapter notes.

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Import Tips & Compliance

• Ballast system and lift capacity specs prove salvage primacy

• Salvage convention compliance documentation

• Not a heavy-lift carrier (8901.90) without regular transport service

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