Salvage Lifting Barge from Japan
Heavy lift barge with submersible pontoons for sunken vessel recovery operations. Lifting/salvage function dominates navigation per HTS 8905.90.50.00.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Ballast system and lift capacity specs prove salvage primacy
• Salvage convention compliance documentation
• Not a heavy-lift carrier (8901.90) without regular transport service