HS Code Detail
880622 Chapter 88 · Aircraft Drones / unmanned aircraft, 250 g to 7 kg
Six-digit subheading in Aircraft, chapter 88 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 4 destination markets.
Anatomy of 880622
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 880622: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what a rate can differ on, though on this subheading all 4 destinations below charge the same, 0%.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 4 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 0% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 0% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 0% | 0% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 880622 into Canada
An illustrative consignment of 880622 invoiced at CAD 2,000.00, priced in CAD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | CAD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | CAD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | CAD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | CAD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | CAD 0.00 |
| Canada tax at 5%, charged on the value plus the duty | CAD 100.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | CAD 2,250.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Canada relieves customs duties and taxes on consignments at or under CAD 20. The 880622 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly CAD 20 with no freight would be charged CAD 0.00 of duty and CAD 0.00 of tax, a total of CAD 20.00. The rate on the 880622 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved.
Selling rather than buying? CAD 2,250.00 is what your buyer in Canada pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Canada sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 880622 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 30 August 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇦🇺AU
- Australian Border Force Schedule 3 working tariff, general rate for 8806.22.00, read from abf.gov.au.
- 🇨🇦CA
- CBSA Customs Tariff 2026, MFN rate for 8806.22.00, read from cbsa-asfc.gc.ca.
- 🇬🇧GB
- UK Trade Tariff, third country duty for commodities 8806221000 and 8806229090, both zero, read from trade-tariff.service.gov.uk.
- 🇺🇸US
- USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, general rate for HTS 8806.22.00.00, read from hts.usitc.gov.
Markets with no figure recorded
Germany: The EU splits this subheading. CN 8806.22.10, multirotors with a permanently integrated recording camera, is free, while CN 8806.22.90 is 7.5%. One number cannot stand for both, so no German figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Portugal: The same EU split applies. CN 8806.22.10 is free and CN 8806.22.90 is 7.5%, so no Portuguese figure is recorded and the calculator falls back to its disclosed category average.
Re-check first: Weight decides the subheading. Under 250 g is 8806.21 and over 7 kg is 8806.23, and the maximum take-off weight includes the battery and any payload.
What falls under 880622
- Unmanned aircraft designed for the carriage of passengers excluded, with maximum take off weight over 250 g but not more than 7 kg
- Camera drones and hobby multirotors inside that weight band, whether or not supplied with a controller
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
- 880621: Unmanned aircraft for remote flight only, 250 g or less
- 880623: Unmanned aircraft for remote flight only, over 7 kg but not more than 25 kg
- 880690: Other unmanned aircraft outside the remote flight subheadings
Commonly confused with
880621: Sub 250 g drones
The weight bands in heading 8806 are maximum take off weight, meaning the aircraft as flown with battery and payload, not the shipping weight and not the bare airframe. A 249 g marketing figure that becomes 270 g with a larger battery fitted changes the subheading.
950300: Toys and wheeled playthings
A remote controlled flying toy was routinely declared in Chapter 95 before heading 8806 was created in the 2022 edition. Unmanned aircraft now have their own heading and the toy codes are no longer the right answer for a camera carrying multirotor.
Classification & cost note
Heading 8806 was introduced in the 2022 edition of the Harmonised System, and that recency is the single most useful thing to know about it, because a great deal of supplier paperwork and older internal product data still carries drones under toy or camera codes that no longer describe them. The subheadings divide on maximum take off weight, which is the weight the aircraft is certified to fly at including battery and any payload, so the number that decides the code is not the one on the shipping label. Where a drone is sold as a kit with a controller, spare batteries and a case, the presentation as a set for retail sale gives the essential character to the aircraft. Regulatory clearance runs on a separate track from customs, since aviation authorities operate their own registration and class marking regimes, and a drone can be correctly classified and still not lawfully flyable on arrival.
Typical products: Folding camera drones in the 500 g to 1 kg class · First person view racing quadcopters · Survey and inspection multirotors under 7 kg · Hobby drones supplied with controller and spare props
What the notes to section XVII say
Chapter 88 sits in section XVII, vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the 5 reaching chapter 88 name no heading this site holds a code under, and they are quoted whole on the chapter 88 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/17 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 8806
880622 is a subheading of 8806, unmanned aircraft , and it is the only code this site holds under that heading.
No numbered note to chapter 88 takes heading 8806 as its subject, which is what the published notes say rather than a gap on this page: the heading is defined by its own wording above and by the note to the chapter, quoted in full on the chapter 88 page.
Read from the notes to chapter 88 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/88, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/8806, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 88 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 880622
Which weight decides the subheading?
Maximum take off weight, meaning the aircraft as flown including battery and payload. Shipping weight and bare airframe weight are both irrelevant, so a model advertised just under a band limit can cross it once a larger battery is fitted.
Are camera drones classified as cameras?
No. Heading 8806 covers unmanned aircraft as such, and an integrated camera does not move the aircraft into Chapter 90. The heading was added in the 2022 edition, so older paperwork frequently shows the wrong chapter.
Codes in nearby chapters
Chapter 88 holds 1 subheadings on this site, so these are the closest chapters by number rather than codes for similar goods.
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