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Chapter File Type
Introduction  
Abbreviations for Commodity Classification and Units of Quantity  
Conversion Tables for Measures and Weights  
Obsolete to New
Add/Delete List  
All Chapters 01 Through 98  
Section I - LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS  
Chapter 01:      LIVE ANIMALS  
Chapter 02:      MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL  
Chapter 03:      FISH, CRUSTACEANS & AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES  
Chapter 04:      DAIRY PRODS; BIRDS EGGS; HONEY; ED ANIMAL PR NESOI  
Chapter 05:      PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NESOI  
Section II - VEGETABLE PRODUCTS  
Chapter 06:      LIVE TREES, PLANTS, BULBS ETC.; CUT FLOWERS ETC.  
Chapter 07:      EDIBLE VEGETABLES & CERTAIN ROOTS & TUBERS  
Chapter 08:      EDIBLE FRUIT & NUTS; CITRUS FRUIT OR MELON PEEL  
Chapter 09:      COFFEE, TEA, MATE & SPICES  
Chapter 10:      CEREALS  
Chapter 11:      MILLING PRODUCTS; MALT; STARCH; INULIN; WHT GLUTEN  
Chapter 12:      OIL SEEDS ETC.; MISC GRAIN, SEED, FRUIT, PLANT ETC  
Chapter 13:      LAC; GUMS, RESINS & OTHER VEGETABLE SAP & EXTRACT  
Chapter 14:      VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS & PRODUCTS NESOI  
Section III - ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES      
Chapter 15:      ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS, OILS ETC. & WAXES  
Section IV - PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES  
Chapter 16:      EDIBLE PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, FISH, CRUSTACEANS ETC  
Chapter 17:      SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONARY  
Chapter 18:      COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS  
Chapter 19:      PREP CEREAL, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; BAKERS WARES  
Chapter 20:      PREP VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PLANT PARTS  
Chapter 21:      MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS  
Chapter 22:      BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR  
Chapter 23:      FOOD INDUSTRY RESIDUES & WASTE; PREP ANIMAL FEED  
Chapter 24:      TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES  
Section V - MINERAL PRODUCTS      
Chapter 25:      SALT; SULFUR; EARTH & STONE; LIME & CEMENT PLASTER  
Chapter 26:      ORES, SLAG AND ASH  
Chapter 27:      MINERAL FUEL, OIL ETC.; BITUMIN SUBST; MINERAL WAX  
Section VI - PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES  
Chapter 28:      INORG CHEM; PREC & RARE-EARTH MET & RADIOACT COMPD  
Chapter 29:      ORGANIC CHEMICALS  
Chapter 30:      PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS  
Chapter 31:      FERTILIZERS  
Chapter 32:      TANNING & DYE EXT ETC; DYE, PAINT, PUTTY ETC; INKS  
Chapter 33:      ESSENTIAL OILS ETC; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC ETC PREPS  
Chapter 34:      SOAP ETC; WAXES, POLISH ETC; CANDLES; DENTAL PREPS  
Chapter 35:      ALBUMINOIDAL SUBST; MODIFIED STARCH; GLUE; ENZYMES  
Chapter 36:      EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNICS; MATCHES; PYRO ALLOYS ETC  
Chapter 37:      PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS  
Chapter 38:      MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS  
Section VII - PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 39:      PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 40:      RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
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)      
Chapter 41:      RAW HIDES AND SKINS (NO FURSKINS) AND LEATHER  
Chapter 42:      LEATHER ART; SADDLERY ETC; HANDBAGS ETC; GUT ART  
Chapter 43:      FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF  
Section IX - WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK      
Chapter 44:      WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL  
Chapter 45:      CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK  
Chapter 46:      MFR OF STRAW, ESPARTO ETC.; BASKETWARE & WICKERWRK  
Section X - PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD ARTICLES THEREOF      
Chapter 47:      PULP OF WOOD ETC; WASTE ETC OF PAPER & PAPERBOARD  
Chapter 48:      PAPER & PAPERBOARD & ARTICLES (INC PAPR PULP ARTL)  
Chapter 49:      PRINTED BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS ETC; MANUSCRIPTS ETC  
Section XI - TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES  
Chapter 50:     SILK, INCLUDING YARNS AND WOVEN FABRIC THEREOF  
Chapter 51:      WOOL & ANIMAL HAIR, INCLUDING YARN & WOVEN FABRIC  
Chapter 52:      COTTON, INCLUDING YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC THEREOF  
Chapter 53:      VEG TEXT FIB NESOI; VEG FIB & PAPER YNS & WOV FAB  
Chapter 54:      MANMADE FILAMENTS, INCLUDING YARNS & WOVEN FABRICS  
Chapter 55:      MANMADE STAPLE FIBERS, INCL YARNS & WOVEN FABRICS  
Chapter 56:      WADDING, FELT ETC; SP YARN; TWINE, ROPES ETC.  
Chapter 57:      CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS  
Chapter 58:      SPEC WOV FABRICS; TUFTED FAB; LACE; TAPESTRIES ETC  
Chapter 59:      IMPREGNATED ETC TEXT FABRICS; TEX ART FOR INDUSTRY  
Chapter 60:      KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS  
Chapter 61:      APPAREL ARTICLES AND ACCESSORIES, KNIT OR CROCHET  
Chapter 62:      APPAREL ARTICLES AND ACCESSORIES, NOT KNIT ETC.  
Chapter 63:      TEXTILE ART NESOI; NEEDLECRAFT SETS; WORN TEXT ART  
Section XII - FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, SEAT-STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR      
Chapter 64:      FOOTWEAR, GAITERS ETC. AND PARTS THEREOF  
Chapter 65:      HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF  
Chapter 66:      UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, RIDING-CROPS ETC, PARTS  
Chapter 67:      PREP FEATHERS, DOWN ETC; ARTIF FLOWERS; H HAIR ART  
Section XIII - ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE      
Chapter 68:      ART OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA ETC.  
Chapter 69:      CERAMIC PRODUCTS  
Chapter 70:      GLASS AND GLASSWARE  
Section XIV - NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMIPRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELRY; COIN      
Chapter 71:      NAT ETC PEARLS, PREC ETC STONES, PR MET ETC; COIN  
Section XV - BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL      
Chapter 72:      IRON AND STEEL  
Chapter 73:      ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL  
Chapter 74:      COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 75:      NICKEL AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 76:      ALUMINUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 78:      LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 79:      ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 80:      TIN AND ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 81:      BASE METALS NESOI; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF  
Chapter 82:      TOOLS, CUTLERY ETC. OF BASE METAL & PARTS THEREOF  
Chapter 83:      MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL  
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  
Chapter 84:      NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY ETC.; PARTS  
Chapter 85:      ELECTRIC MACHINERY ETC; SOUND EQUIP; TV EQUIP; PTS  
Section XVII - VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT  
Chapter 86:      RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY STOCK ETC; TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIP  
Chapter 87:      VEHICLES, EXCEPT RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY, AND PARTS ETC  
Chapter 88:      AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT, AND PARTS THEREOF  
Chapter 89:      SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES  
Section XVIII - OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF      
Chapter 90:      OPTIC, PHOTO ETC, MEDIC OR SURGICAL INSTRMENTS ETC  
Chapter 91:      CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF  
Chapter 92:      MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF  
Section XIX - ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF      
Chapter 93:      ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF  
Section XX - MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES      
Chapter 94:      FURNITURE; BEDDING ETC; LAMPS NESOI ETC; PREFAB BD  
Chapter 95:      TOYS, GAMES & SPORT EQUIPMENT; PARTS & ACCESSORIES  
Chapter 96:      MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES  
Section XXI - WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES      
Chapter 97:      WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES  
Section XXII - SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS      
Chapter 98:      SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS, NESOI  

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