The following files represent the changes that take effect January 1, 2013.
This page contains the chapter-by-chapter listing of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule and general notes. The links below correspond to the
various sections in the Table of Contents for the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule. Clicking on a link will load the corresponding Adobe .pdf
file
(Note: Section notes, if any, are attached to the first chapter of
each section. "Page down" to view chapter after selecting.)
Cover
Change Record (The record of legal and statistical changes in this addition of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule)
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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Chapter 15 |
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes |
Section IV: Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes |
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Section Notes |
Chapter 16 |
Preparations of meat, of fish or of
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates |
Chapter 17 |
Sugars and sugar confectionery |
Chapter 18 |
Cocoa and cocoa preparations |
Chapter 19 |
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares |
Chapter 20 |
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants |
Chapter 21 |
Miscellaneous edible preparations |
Chapter 22 |
Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
Chapter 23 |
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed |
Chapter 24 |
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
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Section V: Mineral Products |
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Chapter 25 |
Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement |
Chapter 26 |
Ores, slag and ash |
Chapter 27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes |
Section VI: Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries |
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Section Notes |
Chapter
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Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorgani c compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes |
Chapter
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Organic chemicals |
Chapter 30 |
Pharmaceutical products |
Chapter 31 |
Fertilizers |
Chapter
32 |
Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics
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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
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Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches;
pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations |
Chapter
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Photographic or cinematographic
goods |
Chapter
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Miscellaneous chemical products |
Section VII: Plastics and Articles Thereof Rubber and Articles Thereof |
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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)
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Section Notes |
Chapter
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Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather |
Chapter
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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
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Wood and articles of wood; wood
charcoal |
Chapter
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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
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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 |
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
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Silk |
Chapter
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Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric |
Chapter 52 |
Cotton |
Chapter 53 |
Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and
woven fabric of paper yarn |
Chapter
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Man-made filaments
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Chapter
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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 |
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
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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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Footwear,
gaiters and the like; parts of such articles |
Chapter 65 |
Headgear and parts thereof |
Chapter 66 |
Umbrellas, sun umbrellas,
walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof |
Chapter 67 |
Prepared feathers and
down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair |
Section XIII: Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware |
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Articles of
stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials |
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 |
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Chapter 71 |
Natural
or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and
articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin |
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 |
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 |
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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Optical,
photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and
apparatus; parts and accessories thereof |
Chapter 91 |
Clocks and watches and
parts thereof |
Chapter 92 |
Musical instruments; parts
and accessories of such articles |
Section XIX: Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof |
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Arms and
ammunition; parts and accessories thereof |
Section XX: Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles |
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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 |
Chapter 95 |
Toys, games and sports
requisites; parts and accessories thereof |
Chapter 96 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
Section XXI: Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques |
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Works of art,
collectors' pieces and antiques |
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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Special
classification provisions |
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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