Chapter 88 — Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 4-digit heading

88.05 Aircraft launching gear, deck-arrestor or similar gear, ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles

One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.

Section XVII, Vehicles & Transport — railway stock, road vehicles, aircraft, ships and transport equipment.

  1. 88 Chapter Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
  2. 05 Heading Aircraft launching gear, deck-arrestor or similar gear, ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 3 six-digit codes below

Chapter 88 covers aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof: a relatively small chapter by code count, but high in trade value, and one where many countries grant duty concessions under civil aviation agreements. Classification tip: Aircraft parts imported under the WTO Civil Aircraft Agreement often qualify for duty-free treatment, but only when the end use is genuinely civil aviation: military or dual-use aircraft components can fall outside that concession.

All of chapter 88

The 3 six-digit codes under 88.05

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 88

88.01 Balloons and dirigibles; gliders, hang gliders and other non-powered aircraft. 88.02 Aircraft n.e.c. in heading no. 8801, except unmanned aircraft of heading 8806, (e.g. helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles 88.04 Parachutes (including dirigible parachutes and paragliders) and rotochutes; parts thereof and accessories thereto 88.06 Unmanned aircraft 88.07 Aircraft; parts of goods of heading 8801, 8802 or 8806

The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.

Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.

Shipping goods under 88.05? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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88.05 FAQ

Heading 88.05 covers aircraft launching gear, deck-arrestor or similar gear, ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles. It is part of chapter 88 (aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof), and it is subdivided into 3 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 3 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.

The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section XVII and to chapter 88. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.

A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.

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