Buoys
Other floating structures (for example, rafts, tanks, cofferdams, landing-stages, buoys and beacons): > Other > Buoys
Duty Rate (from China)
Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Products classified under HTS 8907.90.00.30
Navigation Buoy for Harbor Marking
A floating spherical buoy equipped with reflective tape and a light for marking safe navigation channels in harbors. It is classified under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as a buoy, a type of other floating structure designed to float on water and provide visual guidance to vessels.
Polyethylene Mooring Buoy
A durable, rotomolded polyethylene buoy used for mooring boats in marinas, featuring a blue stripe and lifting eyes. Falls under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as a buoy, serving as a floating structure to secure vessels.
Marker Buoy for Fishing Nets
A small, inflatable vinyl buoy attached to commercial fishing nets to mark their location and prevent drifting. Classified in HTS 8907.90.00.30 as a buoy, an other floating structure used in maritime fishing operations.
Coastal Warning Buoy
A large steel-framed buoy with radar reflector and whistle for warning ships of shallow waters along coastlines. It qualifies under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as a buoy-type floating structure for safety signaling.
Marina Dock Buoy
A foam-filled, UV-stabilized buoy for delineating dock edges in recreational marinas, with mooring cleats. HTS 8907.90.00.30 covers it as a floating buoy structure for water boundary marking.
Subsea Pipeline Marker Buoy
A subsurface buoy with retrieval line for marking underwater pipelines in offshore oil operations. Classified under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as a specialized floating buoy structure.
Recreational Diver Down Buoy
A portable, inflatable flag buoy signaling diver presence to boats, with 15-foot tether. Falls under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as a safety-oriented floating buoy.
Aquaculture Farm Buoy
Heavy-duty buoy supporting net pens in salmon farms, with bridle attachments for stability. HTS 8907.90.00.30 classifies it as a floating structure buoy for aquaculture.
Race Course Buoy
Color-coded inflatable buoy marking turning points in sailing regattas, highly visible from distance. Under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as a temporary floating marker buoy.
Beach Boundary Buoy
Line of anchored buoys designating swimming zones separated from boating areas at public beaches. Classified HTS 8907.90.00.30 as safety buoys, floating structures.
Scientific Data Buoy
Instrumented buoy collecting oceanographic data like temperature and currents, with solar panels. HTS 8907.90.00.30 for research floating structures (buoys).
Temporary Construction Buoy
Foam collar buoy for marking dredging exclusion zones during marine construction projects. Under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as other floating buoys.
Wave Attenuator Buoy
Interconnected buoys forming breakwater to reduce wave impact on harbors/marinestructures. Classified HTS 8907.90.00.30 as linked floating buoys.
Emergency Distress Buoy
Self-deploying EPIRB-support buoy for life rafts, providing additional flotation in emergencies. HTS 8907.90.00.30 for safety buoys.
Swim Lane Divider Buoy
Small buoys connected by rope dividing competition swimming lanes in open water events. Under HTS 8907.90.00.30 as marking buoys.