This edition of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is preliminary and will be in effect until February 3, 2012. 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 (233.15 KB)
Change Record (63.41 KB)
Preface (62.45 KB)
General Notes; General Rules of Interpretation; General Statistical Notes
1100n2x.pdf (39.7 KB)
Section I: Live Animals; Animal Products
Section I
Section Notes (46.6 KB)
Chapter 1
Live animals (46.6 KB)
Chapter 2
Meat and edible meat offal (76.93 KB)
Chapter 3
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (120.16 KB)
Chapter 4
Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (312.99 KB)
Chapter 5
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (49.59 KB)
Section II: Vegetable Products
Section II
Section Notes (48.36 KB)
Chapter 6
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage (48.36 KB)
Chapter 7
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (120.73 KB)
Chapter 8
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (87.52 KB)
Chapter 9
Coffee, tea, maté and spices (52.1 KB)
Chapter 10
Cereals (45.83 KB)
Chapter 11
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (47.98 KB)
Chapter 12
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (65.55 KB)
Chapter 13
Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (37.49 KB)
Chapter 14
Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (36.16 KB)
Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and Their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes
Section III
Chapter 15
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (67.48 KB)
Section IV: Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes
Section IV
Section Notes (88.46 KB)
Chapter 16
Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (88.46 KB)
Chapter 17
Sugars and sugar confectionery (102.84 KB)
Chapter 18
Cocoa and cocoa preparations (113.6 KB)
Chapter 19
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares (103.12 KB)
Chapter 20
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (145.85 KB)
Chapter 21
Miscellaneous edible preparations (115.3 KB)
Chapter 22
Beverages, spirits and vinegar (84.58 KB)
Chapter 23
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed (52.89 KB)
Chapter 24
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes (84.13 KB)
Section V: Mineral Products
Section V
Chapter 25
Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement (59.61 KB)
Chapter 26
Ores, slag and ash (58.16 KB)
Chapter 27
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes (86.18 KB)
Section VI: Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries
Section VI
Section Notes (127.27 KB)
Chapter 28
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes (127.27 KB)
Chapter 29
Organic chemicals (490.62 KB)
Chapter 30
Pharmaceutical products (56.9 KB)
Chapter 31
Fertilizers (42.01 KB)
Chapter 32
Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics (108.45 KB)
Chapter 33
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (51.31 KB)
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 o (56.19 KB)
Chapter 35
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes (40.84 KB)
Chapter 36
Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations (36.64 KB)
Chapter 37
Photographic or cinematographic goods (47.88 KB)
Chapter 38
Miscellaneous chemical products (130.62 KB)
Section VII: Plastics and Articles Thereof Rubber and Articles Thereof
Section VII
Section Notes (173.08 KB)
Chapter 39
Plastics and articles thereof (173.08 KB)
Chapter 40
Rubber and articles thereof (97 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
Section Notes (87.94 KB)
Chapter 41
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather (87.94 KB)
Chapter 42
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) (89.54 KB)
Chapter 43
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof (43.54 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
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (154.42 KB)
Chapter 45
Cork and articles of cork (35.89 KB)
Chapter 46
Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork (47.48 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
Section Notes (38.68 KB)
Chapter 47
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard (38.68 KB)
Chapter 48
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (136.41 KB)
Chapter 49
Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (47.6 KB)
Section XI: Textile and Textile Articles
Section XI
Section Notes (93.53 KB)
Chapter 50
Silk (93.53 KB)
Chapter 51
Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric (86.9 KB)
Chapter 52
Cotton (221.15 KB)
Chapter 53
Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn (52.79 KB)
Chapter 54
Man-made filaments (140.18 KB)
Chapter 55
Man-made staple fibers (143.3 KB)
Chapter 56
Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof (62.75 KB)
Chapter 57
Carpets and other textile floor coverings (55.81 KB)
Chapter 58
Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery (78.43 KB)
Chapter 59
Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use (67.89 KB)
Chapter 60
Knitted or crocheted fabrics (67.67 KB)
Chapter 61
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted (300.27 KB)
Chapter 62
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (371.25 KB)
Chapter 63
Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags (104.31 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 (178.19 KB)
Chapter 65
Headgear and parts thereof (60.88 KB)
Chapter 66
Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof (34.24 KB)
Chapter 67
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair (36 KB)
Section XIII: Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware
Section XIII
Chapter 68
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (62.99 KB)
Chapter 69
Ceramic products (86.28 KB)
Chapter 70
Glass and glassware (138.8 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
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin (96.92 KB)
Section XV: Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal
Section XV
Section Notes (174.05 KB)
Chapter 72
Iron and steel (174.05 KB)
Chapter 73
Articles of iron or steel (157.71 KB)
Chapter 74
Copper and articles thereof (79.58 KB)
Chapter 75
Nickel and articles thereof (45.34 KB)
Chapter 76
Aluminum and articles thereof (73.83 KB)
Chapter 77
(Reserved for possible future use)
Chapter 78
Lead and articles thereof (42.32 KB)
Chapter 79
Zinc and articles thereof (42.73 KB)
Chapter 80
Tin and articles thereof (41.45 KB)
Chapter 81
Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof (51.07 KB)
Chapter 82
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal (97.07 KB)
Chapter 83
Miscellaneous articles of base metal (59.44 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
Section Notes (429.07 KB)
Chapter 84
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (429.07 KB)
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 (307.23 KB)
Section XVII: Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment
Section XVII
Section Notes (49.15 KB)
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 (49.15 KB)
Chapter 87
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (115.57 KB)
Chapter 88
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof (40.99 KB)
Chapter 89
Ships, boats and floating structures (39.88 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
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (158.39 KB)
Chapter 91
Clocks and watches and parts thereof (174.56 KB)
Chapter 92
Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (49.13 KB)
Section XIX: Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Section XIX
Chapter 93
Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof (51.4 KB)
Section XX: Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
Section XX
Chapter 94
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 (78.94 KB)
Chapter 95
Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof (70.9 KB)
Chapter 96
Miscellaneous manufactured articles (76.5 KB)
Section XXI: Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques
Section XXI
Chapter 97
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques (37.75 KB)
Section XXII: Special Classification Provisions; 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
Section XXII
Chapter 98
Special classification provisions (529.01 KB)
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 (1.51 MB)
Chemical Appendix to the Tariff Schedule (186.74 KB)
Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Tariff Schedule (669.25 KB)
Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes Appendix to the Tariff Schedule (60.46 KB)
Statistical Annexes

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 (520.58 KB)