Code 8805 10 · Heading 8805

Aircraft launch equipment, excluding powered winches for launching gliders, and aircraft-carrier landing equipment, including parts, not specified elsewhere

This code covers aircraft launch equipment, excluding powered winches for launching gliders, and equipment for landing aircraft on aircraft carriers or similar apparatus, including their parts, when not specified elsewhere. It does not cover air-combat simulators or stationary flight-training equipment named under the neighbouring codes.

For example

Aircraft launch catapult, not a simulator or stationary flight-training device
Aircraft-carrier landing apparatus, not a simulator or stationary flight-training device
Part for an aircraft launch device, not a simulator or stationary flight-training device

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Official tariff text

Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. motor winches for launching gliders); deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof, n.e.s.

How we got to this code

XVII
88
8805
8805 10

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Step 1 · Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transpor…
Is the item railway or tramway equipment, another vehicle, an aircraft or spacecraft, or a ship, boat or floating structure?
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Step 2 · Chapter 88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 3 of 4 chapters in section XVII
Is it a non-powered aircraft such as a balloon or glider; a powered aircraft or spacecraft; a parachute; aircraft launch, landing or stationary flight-training equipment; an unmanned aircraft; or a part for an aircraft or spacecraft?
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Step 3 · Heading 8805 Aircraft launching gear (excl. motor winches for la… 4 of 6 headings under chapter 88
Is it launch or carrier-landing equipment and parts, an air-combat simulator and parts, or other stationary flight-training equipment and parts?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8805 10 Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof, n.e.s. (… 1 of 3 subheadings under heading 8805
Is it an aircraft launch device or part, or is it an aircraft-carrier landing device, similar apparatus or part?

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Import duty on the codes below: 1.7–2.7%

2 codes below this one

This is the catch-all under 8805: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within this parent group, this code covers the aircraft launch and aircraft-carrier landing equipment and parts that are not named by the neighbouring codes for air-combat simulators or stationary flight-training equipment.

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8805 10 Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. motor winches for launching gliders); deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof, n.e.s. you are here 1.7–2.7%
8805 21 Air combat simulators and parts thereof 0.0%
8805 29 Ground flying trainers and parts thereof, n.e.s. (excl. air combat simulators and parts thereof) 0.0%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

88.05.1000 Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines2 British lines

8805 10 10 00 Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 18, 2026

8805.10.00.00 Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

88.05.1000

Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

8805.10.00.00

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

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 18, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.