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United States of America

Schedule number
XX
Harmonized System version
HS 2007
WTO Membership since
01 January, 1995
This schedule is authentic in
English
Date of last schedule updated
08 November, 2018
Section Note Number Note
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter III, US Note 1
This subchapter covers only the following: (a) Substantial containers or holders which are subject to tariff treatment as imported articles and are: (i) Imported empty and not within the purview of a provision which specifically exempts them from duty; or (ii) Imported containing or holding articles, and which are not of a kind normally sold therewith or are entered separately therefrom; and (b) Certain repair components, accessories and equipment.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter III, US Note 2
This subchapter does not apply to any container or holder: (a) Exported with benefit of drawback and returned empty; or (b) Manufactured or produced in the United States in a customs bonded warehouse or under heading 9813.00.05 and exported under any provision of law.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter II, US Note 1
This subchapter shall not apply to any article exported: (a) From continuous customs custody with remission, abatement or refund of duty; (b) With benefit of drawback; (c) To comply with any law of the United States or regulation of any Federal agency requiring exportation; or (d) After manufacture or production in the United States under heading 9813.00.05.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter II, US Note 2
Any product of the United States which is returned after having been advanced in value or improved in condition abroad by any process of manufacture or other means, or any imported article which has been assembled abroad in whole or in part of products of the United States, shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a foreign article, and, if subject to a duty which is wholly or partly ad valorem, shall be dutiable, except as otherwise prescribed in this part, on its full value determined in accordance with section 402 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. If such product or such article is dutiable at a rate dependent upon its value, the value for the purpose of determining the rate shall be its full value under the said section 402.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter VIII, US Note 1
With respect to subheading 9808.00.80, goods brought into the customs territory of the United States by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from space or from a foreign country as part of an international program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall not be considered an importation, and an entry of such materials shall not be required.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter XII, US Note 1
The provisions of this subchapter do not apply to articles intended for sale or for any purpose other than exhibition or erecting a public monument, nor do they apply to any institution or society engaged in or connected with business of a private or commercial character. Articles admitted under heading 9812.00.20 may be transferred from an organization specified therein to another such organization, or temporarily to a commercial gallery or other premises, for exhibition and not for sale.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter X, US Note 1
Except as provided in subheading 9810.00.20 and headings 9810.00.70, 9810.00.85, 9810.00.90 and 9810.00.95, or as otherwise provided for in this U.S. note, the articles covered by this subchapter must be exclusively for the use of the institutions involved, and not for distribution, sale or other commercial use within 5 years after being entered. Articles admitted under any provision in this subchapter may be transferred from an institution specified with respect to such articles to another such institution, or may be exported or destroyed under customs supervision, without duty liability being incurred. However, if any such article (other than an article provided for in subheading 9810.00.20 or heading 9810.00.70) is transferred other than as provided by the preceding sentence, or is used for commercial purposes, within 5 years after being entered, the institution for which such article was entered shall promptly notify customs officers at the port of entry and shall be liable for the payment of duty on such article in an amount determined on the basis of its condition as imported and the rate applicable to it (determined without regard to this subchapter) when entered. If, with a view to a transfer (other than a transfer permitted by the second sentence) or the use for commercial purposes of an instrument or apparatus, a repair component admitted under subheading 9810.00.65 has been assembled into such instrument or apparatus, such component shall, for purposes of the preceding sentence, be treated as a separate article.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter X, US Note 2
The term "regalia," as used in this subchapter, (subheadings 9810.00.15 and 9810.00.45) embraces only such insignia of rank or office, emblems or other articles as may be worn upon the person or borne in the hand during public exercises of the institution, and does not include articles of furniture or fixtures, nor regular wearing apparel, nor personal property of individuals.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter X, US Note 3
Architectural, engineering, industrial or commercial drawings and plans, and reproductions thereof, are not covered by this subchapter unless they are intended solely for exhibition or for educational use under subheading 9810.00.30 (see chapter 49).
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter X, US Note 4
Painted, colored or stained glass windows, and parts thereof, not covered by subheading 9810.00.10 are provided for in chapter 70.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter X, US Note 5
Subchapter XII of this chapter contains provisions under which certain institutions may import articles free of duty for permanent exhibition under bond.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter X, US Note 6
(a) The term "instruments and apparatus" (subheading 9810.00.60) embraces only instruments and apparatus which are both provided for and dutiable in: (i) Chapter 39: heading 3914; (ii) Chapter 69: subheadings 6909.11 through 6909.90, and subheadings 6914.10 and 6914.90; (iii) Chapter 70: subheadings 7017.10 through 7017.90, and heading 7020.00; (iv) Chapter 71: subheadings 7114.11.70, 7114.19, 7114.20, 7115.10 and 7115.90; (v) Chapter 73: subheadings 7325.10, 7325.91, 7325.99.10, 7325.99.50, 7326.19, 7326.20 and 7326.90; (vi) Chapter 74: subheadings 7419.91, 7419.99.30 and 7419.99.50; (vii) Chapter 75: subheadings 7508.10 and 7508.90.50 (except electroplating anodes); (viii) Chapter 76: subheadings 7616.91 and 7616.99.50; (ix) Chapter 78: heading 7806.00; (x) Chapter 79: subheading 7907.00.60 (except zinc anodes); (xi) Chapter 80: subheading 8007.00.50; (xii) Chapter 81: articles other than wrought metals, in subheadings 8101.99, 8102.99, 8103.90, 8104.90, 8105.90, 8107.90, 8112.19, 8112.59, 8112.99 and 8113.00; (xiii) Chapter 84: subheadings 8402.11 and 8402.90, subheadings 8404.10 through 8424.90.90, subheadings 8435.10, 8435.90 and 8438.80, subheadings 8454.10 through 8468.90 (except 8468.10), subheadings 8470.10 through 8470.30, subheading 8471.10, subheadings 8479.10 through 8479.90 (except 8479.20 and 8479.40) and subheadings 8483.10.10 through 8483.10.50; (xiv) Chapter 85: subheadings 8501.10 through 8505.11, subheading 8505.20, subheadings 8505.90 through 8516.32, subheadings 8516.40 through 8522.90, subheadings 8525.10 through 8532.30, subheadings 8533.10 through 8542.90, subheadings 8543.20 through 8544.70 and subheadings 8547.90 and 8548.90; (xv) Chapter 88: subheadings 8801.90 and 8802.60.90 and parts of the goods of subheadings 8801.90 and 8802.60.90 as provided for in heading 8803; (xvi) Chapter 89: subheadings 8907.10 and 8907.90; (xvii) Chapter 90: all provisions (except subheadings 9009.11 through 9009.99, 9013.80 and 9023.00); (xviii) Chapter 91: all provisions (except subheadings 9113.10 through 9113.90); and (xix) Chapter 96: subheadings 9603.50, 9613.80.20, 9613.90.40 and 9617.00 (except subheading 9617.00.60); but the term does not include materials or supplies, nor does it include ordinary equipment for use in building construction or maintenance or for use in supporting activities of the institution such as its administrative offices or its eating or religious facilities. The term “instruments and apparatus” under subheading 9810.00.60 includes separable components of an instrument or apparatus listed in this subdivision that are imported for assembly in the United States in such instrument or apparatus where the instrument or apparatus, due to its size, cannot be feasibly imported in its assembled state.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter XVIII, US Note 1
The provisions of this subchapter pertain to vessels documented under the laws of the United States to engage in the foreign or coasting trade, or vessels intended to be employed in such trade, for which any entry is required under the customs laws of the United States.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter XVII, US Note 1
(a) No article shall be exempted from duty under heading 9817.00.40 unless either -- (i) a Federal agency (or agencies) designated by the President determines that such article is visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific or cultural character within the meaning of the Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Character (17 UST (pt. 2) 1578; Beirut Agreement), or (ii) such article -- (A) is imported by, or certified by the importer to be for the use of, any public or private institution or association approved as educational, scientific, or cultural by a Federal agency or agencies designated by the President for the purpose of duty-free admission pursuant to the Nairobi Protocol to the Florence Agreement, and (B) is certified by the importer to be visual or auditory material of an educational, scientific, or cultural character or to have been produced by the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies. For the purposes of subparagraph (i), whenever the President determines that there is, or may be, profitmaking exhibition or use of articles described in heading 9817.00.40 which interferes significantly (or threatens to interfere significantly) with domestic production of similar articles, he may prescribe regulations imposing restrictions on the entry under one of the above-cited subheadings of such foreign articles to insure that they will be exhibited or used only for nonprofitmaking purposes. (b) For purposes of headings 9817.00.42 through 9817.00.48, inclusive, no article shall be exempted from duty unless it meets the criteria set forth in the subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) and (B) of this note.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter XVII, US Note 2
The provisions of headings 9817.00.50 and 9817.00.60 do not apply to: (a) articles provided for in chapter 25; (b) articles provided for in subheading 3212.10; © articles provided for in subheading 3926.90.30; (d) articles of leather or of fur on the skin; (e) articles of textile material; (f) articles provided for in section XIII (except heading 6808 and subheadings 6809.11, 7018.10, 7018.90, 7019.40, 7019.51, 7019.52 and 7019.59); (g) articles provided for in chapter 71; (h) articles provided for in chapter 72; (ij) articles provided for in chapter 73 (except subheadings 7308.10, 7308.20, 7308.40 and 7308.90, subheadings 7315.81 through 7315.89, subheadings 7319.20, 7319.30, 7325.10, 7325.91, 7326.11 and 7326.19); (k) articles provided for in chapter 74 (except subheadings 7419.10 and 7419.91); (l) articles provided for in chapter 75; (m) articles provided for in chapter 76 (except heading 7610); (n) articles provided for in chapter 78; (o) articles provided for in chapter 79 (except gutters, roof capping, skylight frames and other fabricated building components, of zinc); (p) articles provided for in chapter 80; (q) articles provided for in chapter 81 (except subheadings 8101.99 and 8102.99); ® articles provided for in chapter 82; (s) articles provided for in chapter 83; (t) articles provided for in subheadings 8419.81.50, 8419.81.90, 8427.10, 8427.20, 8427.90 and 8431.20, headings 8432, 8433 and 8434, subheadings 8435.10 and 8435.90, heading 8436, subheadings 8438.80, 8468.10, 8472.90.40 and 8479.89, subheadings 8482.10.10 through 8482.99.65 (other than subheading 8482.91) and subheadings 8483.10.50 and 8485.10; (u) articles provided for in chapter 85 (except subheadings 8519.92 through 8519.99, headings 8523 and 8524, subheadings 8532.90 and 8539.90, subheadings 8543.11 through 8543.81, subheadings 8543.89.60, 8543.89.80, 8543.89.85, 8543.89.92, 8543.89.96, 8543.90, 8544.70, 8546.90, 8547.20 and 8548.90); (v) articles provided for in chapter 86; (w) articles provided for in chapter 87 (except bicycles and other cycles, not motorized, and parts thereof), but interchangeable agricultural and horticultural implements are classifiable in subheading 9817.00.50 even if mounted at the time of importation on a tractor provided for in chapter 87; (x) articles provided for in chapter 88 (except heading 8805); (y) articles provided for in chapter 89 (except headings 8901, 8902 and 8904, subheadings 8905.10 and 8905.20, and headings 8907 and 8908); (z) articles provided for in subheadings 9006.62, 9032.89.20, 9032.89.40, 9032.90.20 and 9032.90.40; (aa) articles provided for in subheadings 9101.12, 9102.12, 9102.91.20, 9103.10.20, 9104.00.05 and 9104.00.45; (ab) articles provided for in heading 9405 (except subheadings 9405.60.60 and 9405.92); (ac) articles provided for in subheadings 9505.10.10, 9506.21.40 and 9506.21.80; (ad) articles provided for in subheading 9603.50.00, headings 9604.00.00 and 9605.00.00 and subheading 9616.10.00; or (ae) articles provided for in heading 9705.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter XVII, US Note 3
(a) For purposes of subheadings 9817.00.92, 9817.00.94 and 9817.00.96, the term "blind or other physically or mentally handicapped persons" includes any person suffering from a permanent or chronic physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, or working. (b) Subheadings 9817.00.92, 9817.00.94 and 9817.00.96 do not cover -- (i) articles for acute or transient disability; (ii) spectacles, dentures, and cosmetic articles for individuals not substantially disabled; (iii) therapeutic and diagnostic articles; or (iv) medicine or drugs.
General
Chapter 98, Subchapter XVII, US Note 4
For purposes of subheading 9817.57.01, the term "mass-produced kits" includes only those which are designed to be sold in the customs territory of the United States exclusively in kit form.
General
Chapter 98, US Note 1
The provisions of this chapter are not subject to the rule of relative specificity in general rule of interpretation 3(a). Any article which is described in any provision in this chapter is classifiable in said provision if the conditions and requirements thereof and of any applicable regulations are met.
General
Chapter 98, US Note 2
In the absence of a specific provision to the contrary, the tariff status of an article is not affected by the fact that it was previously imported into the customs territory of the United States and cleared through customs whether or not duty was paid upon such previous importation.
General
Section I, Chapter 1-5, Section Note 1
Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.
General
Section I, Chapter 1-5, Section Note 2
Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout this schedule any reference to "dried" products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried.
General
Section I, Chapter 1, Additional US Note 1
The expression "purebred breeding animals" covers only animals certified to the U.S. Customs Service by the Department of Agriculture as being purebred of a recognized breed and duly registered in a book of record recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture for that breed, imported specially for breeding purposes, whether intended to be used by the importer himself or for sale for such purposes.
General
Section I, Chapter 1, Chapter Note 1
This chapter covers all live animals except: (a) Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 0301, 0306 or 0307; (b) Cultures of microorganisms and other products of heading 3002; and (c) Animals of heading 9508.
General
Section I, Chapter 2, Additional US Note 1
For the purposes of this chapter-- (a) The term "processed" covers meats which have been ground or comminuted, diced or cut into sizes for stew meat or similar uses, rolled and skewered, or specially processed into fancy cuts, special shapes, or otherwise made ready for particular uses by the retail consumer. (b) The term "high-quality beef cuts" means beef specially processed into fancy cuts, special shapes, or otherwise made ready for particular uses by the retail consumer (but not ground or comminuted, diced or cut into sizes for stew meat or similar uses, or rolled or skewered), which meets the specifications in regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Prime or Choice beef, and which has been so certified prior to exportation by an official of the government of the exporting country, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture.
General
Section I, Chapter 2, Additional US Note 2
In assessing the duty on meats, no allowance shall be made for normal components thereof such as bones, fat, and hide or skin. The dutiable weight of meats in airtight containers subject to specific rates includes the entire contents of the containers.