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 (166.52 KB)
Change Record (33.65 KB)
Preface (65.05 KB)
General Notes; General Rules of Interpretation; General Statistical Notes (3.01 MB)
Notice to Exporters (70.35 KB)
Section I: Live Animals; Animal Products
Section I
Chapter 1
Live animals (50.57 KB)
Chapter 2
Meat and edible meat offal (41.63 KB)
Chapter 3
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (90.27 KB)
Chapter 4
Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (344.2 KB)
Chapter 5
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (20.86 KB)
Section II: Vegetable Products
Section II
Chapter 6
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (18.22 KB)
Chapter 7
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (130.5 KB)
Chapter 8
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (91.71 KB)
Chapter 9
Coffee, tea, maté and spices (57.17 KB)
Chapter 10
Cereals (57.04 KB)
Chapter 11
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (50.11 KB)
Chapter 12
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (69.41 KB)
Chapter 13
Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (37.52 KB)
Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and Their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes
Section III
Chapter 15
1300c15.pdf (68.33 KB)
Section IV: Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes
Section IV
Chapter 16
1300c16.pdf (91.55 KB)
Chapter 17
1300c17.pdf (124.04 KB)
Chapter 18
1300c18.pdf (143.1 KB)
Chapter 20
1300c20.pdf (152.38 KB)
Chapter 21
1300c21.pdf (125.17 KB)
Chapter 22
1300c22.pdf (89.88 KB)
Chapter 23
1300c23.pdf (20.08 KB)
Chapter 24
1300c24.pdf (84.35 KB)
Section V: Mineral Products
Section V
Chapter 25
1300c25.pdf (58.91 KB)
Chapter 26
1300c26.pdf (58.5 KB)
Chapter 27
1300c27.pdf (102.44 KB)
Section VI: Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries
Section VI
Chapter 28
1300c28.pdf (140.61 KB)
Chapter 29
1300c29.pdf (596.7 KB)
Chapter 30
1300c30.pdf (57.51 KB)
Chapter 31
1300c31.pdf (41.92 KB)
Chapter 32
1300c32.pdf (59.48 KB)
Chapter 33
1300c33.pdf (50.94 KB)
Chapter 34
1300c34.pdf (62.34 KB)
Chapter 35
1300c35.pdf (44.72 KB)
Chapter 36
1300c36.pdf (39.02 KB)
Chapter 37
1300c37.pdf (52.92 KB)
Chapter 38
1300c38.pdf (147.17 KB)
Section VII: Plastics and Articles Thereof Rubber and Articles Thereof
Section VII
Chapter 39
1300c39.pdf (186.33 KB)
Chapter 40
1300c40.pdf (105.98 KB)
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)
Section VIII
Chapter 41
1300c41.pdf (95.49 KB)
Chapter 42
1300c42.pdf (49.91 KB)
Chapter 43
1300c43.pdf (14.97 KB)
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
Section IX
Chapter 44
1300c44.pdf (153.43 KB)
Chapter 45
1300c45.pdf (35.94 KB)
Chapter 46
1300c46.pdf (47.98 KB)
Section X: Pulp of Wood or of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste and Scrap of Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and Articles Thereof
Section X
Chapter 47
1300c47.pdf (12.06 KB)
Chapter 48
1300c48.pdf (131.68 KB)
Chapter 49
1300c49.pdf (47.43 KB)
Section XI: Textile and Textile Articles
Section XI
Chapter 50
1300c50.pdf (93.84 KB)
Chapter 51
1300c51.pdf (89.43 KB)
Chapter 52
1300c52.pdf (216.59 KB)
Chapter 53
1300c53.pdf (52.63 KB)
Chapter 54
1300c54.pdf (137.53 KB)
Chapter 55
1300c55.pdf (140.95 KB)
Chapter 56
1300c56.pdf (61.63 KB)
Chapter 57
1300c57.pdf (55.69 KB)
Chapter 58
1300c58.pdf (75.89 KB)
Chapter 59
1300c59.pdf (66.89 KB)
Chapter 60
1300c60.pdf (67.48 KB)
Chapter 61
1300c61.pdf (291.98 KB)
Chapter 62
1300c62.pdf (358.18 KB)
Chapter 63
1300c63.pdf (100.94 KB)
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
Section XII
Chapter 64
Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles (103.99 KB)
Chapter 65
Headgear and parts thereof (62.05 KB)
Chapter 66
Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof (34.23 KB)
Chapter 67
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (36.15 KB)
Section XIII: Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware
Section XIII
Chapter 68
1300c68.pdf (70.27 KB)
Chapter 69
1300c69.pdf (86 KB)
Chapter 70
1300c70.pdf (135.63 KB)
Section XIV: Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semiprecious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad With Precious Metal, and Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewelry; Coin
Section XIV
Chapter 71
1300c71.pdf (49.91 KB)
Section XV: Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal
Section XV
Chapter 72
1300c72.pdf (174.36 KB)
Chapter 73
1300c73.pdf (157.91 KB)
Chapter 74
1300c74.pdf (80.69 KB)
Chapter 75
1300c75.pdf (45.51 KB)
Chapter 76
1300c76.pdf (75.29 KB)
Chapter 78
1300c78.pdf (42.31 KB)
Chapter 79
1300c79.pdf (43.97 KB)
Chapter 80
1300c80.pdf (41.22 KB)
Chapter 81
1300c81.pdf (52.13 KB)
Chapter 82
1300c82.pdf (100.16 KB)
Chapter 83
1300c83.pdf (58.45 KB)
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
Section XVI
Chapter 84
1300c84.pdf (419.84 KB)
Chapter 85
1300c85.pdf (193.6 KB)
Section XVII: Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment
Section XVII
Chapter 86
1300c86.pdf (50.2 KB)
Chapter 87
1300c87_3.pdf (114.86 KB)
Chapter 88
1300c88.pdf (40.4 KB)
Chapter 89
1300c89.pdf (39.97 KB)
Section XVIII: Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Section XVIII
Chapter 90
1300c90.pdf (155.69 KB)
Chapter 91
1300c91.pdf (104.44 KB)
Chapter 92
1300c92.pdf (50.68 KB)
Section XIX: Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Section XIX
Chapter 93
1300c93.pdf (51.5 KB)
Section XX: Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
Section XX
Chapter 94
1300c94.pdf (77.2 KB)
Chapter 95
1300c95.pdf (30.49 KB)
Chapter 96
1300c96.pdf (82.04 KB)
Section XXI: Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques
Section XXI
Chapter 97
1300c97.pdf (37.43 KB)
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
Section XXII
Chapter 98
1300c98.pdf (358.75 KB)
Chapter 99
1300c99.pdf (1.72 MB)
Chemical Appendix to the Tariff Schedule (188.87 KB)
Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Tariff Schedule (534.4 KB)
Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes Appendix to the Tariff Schedule (62.21 KB)
Statistical Annexes
Statistical Annexes (166.29 KB)

Annex A - Schedule C, Classification of Country and Territory Designations for U.S. Import Statistics
Annex B - International Standard Country Codes
Annex C - Schedule D, Customs District and Port Codes

Alphabetical Index (653.49 KB)