HS 880710 — Propellers and rotors and parts thereof — sits in Chapter 88 (Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof). Aeroplanes, helicopters, drones, spacecraft, and aerospace parts. EU importers pay MFN duty plus import VAT at the border; origin-specific trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguards, US Section 301) can stack on top when applicable. Classification disputes are decided by the Section XVII — Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment legal notes shown below — these are legally binding interpretation rules, not advisory text. The duty table renders live rates from authoritative tariff sources (EU TARIC, HMRC XI, USITC HTS); cross-country rows compare treatment under five tariff schedules.
Section XVII — Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment · Chapter 88 — AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT, AND PARTS THEREOF
Legally-binding interpretation rules from the EU Combined Nomenclature (Regulation (EU) 2023/2364). These notes decide classification disputes — read before challenging an HS code assignment.
Section XVII notes
1. This section does not cover articles of heading [9503](/headings/9503) or [9508](/headings/9508), or bobsleighs, toboggans or the like of heading [9506](/headings/9506).
2. The expressions 'parts' and 'parts and accessories' do not apply to the following articles, whether or not they are identifiable as for the goods of this section:
a. joints, washers and the like of any material (classified according to their constituent material or in heading [8484](/headings/8484)) or other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (heading [4016](/headings/4016));
b. parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter [39](/chapters/39));
c. articles of Chapter [82](/chapters/82) (tools);
d. articles of heading [8306](/headings/8306);
e. machines or apparatus of heading [8401](/headings/8401) to [8479](/headings/8479), or parts thereof, other than the radiators for the articles of this Section; articles of heading [8481](/headings/8481) or [8482](/headings/8482) or, provided they constitute integral parts of engines or motors, articles of heading [8483](/headings/8483);
f. electrical machinery or equipment (Chapter [85](/chapters/85));
g. articles of Chapter [90](/chapters/90);
h. articles of Chapter [91](/chapters/91);
ij. arms (Chapter [93](/chapters/93));
k. luminaires or lighting fittings and parts thereof of heading [9405](/headings/9405);
l. brushes of a kind used as parts of vehicles (heading [9603](/headings/9603)).
3. References in Chapters [86](/chapters/86) to 88 to 'parts' or 'accessories' do not apply to parts or accessories which are not suitable for use solely or principally with the articles of those chapters. A part or accessory which answers to a description in two or more of the headings of those chapters is to be classified under that heading which corresponds to the principal use of that part or accessory.
4. For the purposes of this Section:
a. vehicles specially constructed to travel on both road and rail are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter [87](/chapters/87);
b. amphibious motor vehicles are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter [87](/chapters/87);
c. aircraft specially constructed so that they can also be used as road vehicles are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter [88](/chapters/88).
5. Air-cushion vehicles are to be classified in this section with the vehicles to which they are most akin as follows:
a. in Chapter [86](/chapters/86) if designed to travel on a guide-track (hovertrains);
b. in Chapter [87](/chapters/87) if designed to travel over land or over both land and water;
c. in Chapter [89](/chapters/89) if designed to travel over water, whether or not able to land on beaches or landing-stages or also able to travel over ice.
Parts and accessories of air-cushion vehicles are to be classified in the same way as those of vehicles of the heading in which the air-cushion vehicles are classified under the above provisions.
Hovertrain track fixtures and fittings are to be classified as railway track fixtures and fittings, and signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for hovertrain transport systems as signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways.
## Additional section notes
1. Subject to the provisions of additional chapter note 3 to Chapter [89](/chapters/89), tools and articles necessary for the maintenance or repair of vehicles, aircraft or vessels are to be classified with those vehicles, aircraft or vessels if presented with them. Other accessories presented with vehicles, aircraft or vessels are also to be classified therewith, if they form part of the normal equipment of the vehicles, aircraft or vessels and are normally sold with them.
2. The provisions of general rule of interpretation 2(a) are also applicable, at the request of the declarant and subject to conditions stipulated by the Customs authorities, to goods of heading [8608](/headings/8608), [8805](/headings/8805), [8905](/headings/8905) and [8907](/headings/8907) imported in split consignments.
Chapter 88 notes
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression “unmanned aircraft” means any aircraft, other than those of heading [8801](/headings/8801), designed to be flown without a pilot on board. They may be designed to carry a payload or equipped with permanently integrated digital cameras or other equipment which would enable them to perform utilitarian functions during their flight.
The expression “unmanned aircraft”, however, does not cover flying toys, designed solely for amusement purposes (heading [9503](/headings/9503)).
### Subheading notes
1. For the purposes of subheadings [8802 11](/subheadings/8802110000-80) to [8802 40](/subheadings/8802400000-80), the expression 'unladen weight' means the weight of the machine in normal flying order, excluding the weight of the crew and of fuel and equipment other than permanently-fitted items of equipment.
2. For the purposes of subheadings [8806 21](/subheadings/8806210000-80) to [8806 24](/subheadings/8806240000-80) and [8806 91](/subheadings/8806910000-80) to [8806 94](/subheadings/8806940000-80), the expression "maximum take-off weight" means the maximum weight of the machine in normal flying order, at take-off, including the weight of payload, equipment and fuel.
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