Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2003)
Basic Publication (January 2003)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER
CHANGE
RECORD
PREFACE
GENERAL NOTES;
GENERAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION;
GENERAL STATISTICAL NOTES
NOTICE TO
EXPORTERS
SECTION I: LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
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Section
Notes |
Chapter
1 |
Live animals |
Chapter
2 |
Meat and edible meat offal |
Chapter
3 |
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other
aquatic invertebrates |
Chapter
4 |
Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural
honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included |
Chapter
5 |
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere
specified or included
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SECTION II:
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS |
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Section
Notes |
Chapter 6
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Live trees and other plants;
bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage |
Chapter
7 |
Edible vegetables and certain roots and
tubers |
Chapter
8 |
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit
or melons |
Chapter
9 |
Coffee, tea, maté and spices
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Chapter
10 |
Cereals |
Chapter
11 |
Products of the milling industry; malt;
starches; inulin; wheat gluten |
Chapter
12 |
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits;
miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
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Chapter
13 |
Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable
saps and extracts |
Chapter
14 |
Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable
products not elsewhere specified or included
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SECTION III: ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR
CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
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Section
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Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats;
animal or vegetable waxes |
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SECTION VI: PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
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Section Notes |
Chapter
28 |
Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic Compounds
of Precious Metals, of Rare-Earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements or of Isotopes |
Chapter
29 |
Organic Chemicals |
Chapter
30 |
Pharmaceutical Products |
Chapter
31 |
Fertilizers |
Chapter
32 |
Tanning or Dyeing Extracts;
Tannins and Their Derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and Other Coloring Matter; Paints and Varnishes; Putty and Other Mastics; Inks
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Chapter
33 |
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery,
cosmetic or toilet preparations |
Chapter
34 |
Soap, organic surface-active agents,
washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or
scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental
preparations with a basis of plaster |
Chapter
35 |
Albuminoidal substances; modified
starches; glues; enzymes |
Chapter
36 |
Explosives; pyrotechnic products;
matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations |
Chapter
37 |
Photographic or cinematographic
goods |
Chapter
38 |
Miscellaneous chemical products
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SECTION VIII: RAW HIDES AND
SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; SADDLERY AND HARNESS;
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL
GUT(OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT) |
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Chapter
41 |
Raw hides and skins (other
than furskins) and leather |
Chapter
42 |
Articles of Leather; Saddlery and Harness;
Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (Other than Silkworm Gut |
Chapter
43 |
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures
thereof |
SECTION IX: WOOD AND ARTICLES
OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURERS
OF STRAW,OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND
WICKERWORK |
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Chapter
44 |
Wood and articles of
wood; wood charcoal |
Chapter
45 |
Cork and articles of cork |
Chapter
46 |
Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of
other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork |
SECTION X: PULP OF WOOD OR OF
OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; WASTE AND SCRAP OF PAPER OR
PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF |
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Section
Notes |
Chapter 47 |
Pulp of wood or of other
fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard |
Chapter 48 |
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper
pulp, of paper or of paperboard |
Chapter 49
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Printed books, newspapers, pictures and
other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans |
SECTION XI: TEXTILE AND
TEXTILE ARTICLES |
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Section
Notes |
Chapter 50 |
Silk |
Chapter 51 |
Wool, Fine or Coarse Animal Hair;
Horsehair Yarn and Woven Fabric |
Chapter 52
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Cotton |
Chapter 53
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Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn
and woven fabric of paper yarn |
Chapter
54 |
Man-made filaments
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Chapter
55 |
Man-made staple fibers |
Chapter
56 |
Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special
yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof |
Chapter
57 |
Carpets and other textile floor coverings
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Chapter
58 |
Special woven fabrics; tufted textile
fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery |
Chapter
59 |
Impregnated, coated, covered or
laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use |
Chapter
60 |
Knitted or crocheted fabrics |
Chapter
61 |
Articles of apparel and clothing
accessories, knitted or crocheted |
Chapter
62 |
Articles of apparel and clothing
accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
Chapter
63 |
Other made up textile articles; sets;
worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags |
SECTION XII: FOOTWEAR,
HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, SEATSTICKS,
WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND
ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
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Section
Notes |
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Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles |
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Chapter
65 |
Headgear and
parts thereof |
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Chapter
66 |
Umbrellas, sun
umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof |
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Chapter
67 |
Prepared
feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human
hair |
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SECTION XIII: ARTICLES OF
STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC
PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE |
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Section
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Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials |
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Chapter
69 |
Ceramic
products |
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Chapter 70
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Glass and
glassware |
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SECTION XIV:
NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMIPRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS,
METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELRY; COIN
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Section
Notes |
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Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals,
metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin |
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SECTION
XVI: MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES;
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND
REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND
REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES |
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Section
Notes |
Chapter 84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers,
machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof |
Chapter 85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and
parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and
reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles |
SECTION XVII: VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT,
VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT |
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Section
Notes |
Chapter 86 |
Railway or tramway
locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and
parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
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Chapter 87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway
rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof |
Chapter 88 |
Aircraft, Spacecraft, and Parts Thereof |
Chapter 89 |
Ships, boats and floating structures
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SECTION XVIII:
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING,
PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS
AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
THEREOF |
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Section
Notes |
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Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical
or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof |
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Chapter 91
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Clocks and
watches and parts thereof |
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Chapter 92
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Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories
of Such Articles |
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SECTION XIX: ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND
ACCESSORIES THEREOF |
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Section
Notes |
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Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof |
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SECTION XX:
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES |
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Section
Notes |
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Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed
furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign
illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings |
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Chapter
95 |
Toys, games
and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof |
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Chapter
96 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
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SECTION XXII:
SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS; TEMPORARY LEGISLATION;
TEMPORARY MODIFICATIONS PROCLAIMEDPURSUANT TO TRADE AGREEMENTS
LEGISLATION; ADDITIONAL IMPORT RESTRICTIONS PROCLAIMED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 22 OF THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT, AS
AMENDED |
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Section
Notes |
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Special classification provisions |
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Chapter
99 |
Temporary
legislation; temporary modifications proclaimed pursuant to trade agreements legislation;
additional import restrictions proclaimed pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act, as amended |
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