8905.90.10.00 - Floating docks 🖩

This HTS classification covers floating docks, which are structures designed to provide a stable platform for the mooring and servicing of vessels. These structures are typically immobile once in place, serving as extensions of land-based port facilities for the berthing, maintenance, or repair of ships and other watercraft. The primary function of these items is to facilitate maritime operations rather than to navigate independently.

Unlike sibling categories that may encompass a broader range of specialized vessels where navigation is secondary to their primary purpose, such as dredgers or fire-floats, this code specifically isolates floating docks. The distinction lies in the dedicated and static nature of a floating dock's utility. While other vessels in Chapter 89 may possess propulsion or navigational capabilities, even if subsidiary, floating docks are fundamentally stationary infrastructure designed to support other vessels.

As this is a leaf node in the HTS, there are no further subcategories under 8905.90.10.00. Therefore, classification within this specific code relies solely on the determination that the item is indeed a floating dock. Key considerations for classification would include the absence of self-propulsion and navigational equipment, and its primary design and function as a buoyant structure for vessel mooring and access.