TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Rules of Interpretation

Additional U.S. Rules of Interpretation

General Notes

General Note 1 Tariff Treatment of Imported Goods and of Vessel Equipments, Parts and
Repairs

General Note 2 Customs Territory of the United States

General Note 3 Rates of Duty

General Note 4 Products of Countries Designated Beneficiary Developing Countries for

Purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

General Note 5 Automotive Products and Motor Vehicles Eligible for Special Tariff Treatment

General Note 6 Articles Eligible for Duty-Free Treatment Pursuant to the Agreement on
Trade in Civil Aircraft

General Note 7 Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries for Purposes

of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)

General Note 8 United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985

General Note 9 United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement (suspended)

General Note 10 Products of the Freely Associated States

General Note 11 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

General Note 12 North American Free Trade Agreement (deleted)

General Note 13 Pharmaceutical Products

General Note 14 Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes

General Note 15 Exclusions

General Note 16 Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries under the

African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

General Note 17 Products of Countries Designated as Beneficiary Countries under the United
States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act of 2000

General Note 18 United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act

 General Notes 19-24 [Transferred and designated as subdivisions (e) through (j), respectively,
of general note 3 to the tariff schedule]

General Note 25 United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement

General Note 26 United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement

General Note 27 United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

General Note 28 United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

General Note 29 Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act

General Note 30 United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

General Note 31 United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

General Note 32 United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

General Note 33 United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement

General Note 34 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement

General Note 35 United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement

General Note 36 Trade Agreement between the United States and Japan

General Statistical Notes

Notice to Exporters

SECTION I

LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Section Notes

Chapter 1 Live animals

2 Meat and edible meat offal

3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

4 Dairy produce; birds´ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or
included

5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

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 SECTION II

VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

Section Notes

Chapter 6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

8 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

9 Coffee, tea, maté and spices

10 Cereals

11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants;
straw and fodder

13 Lac; gums; resins and other vegetable saps and extracts

14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

SECTION III

ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED
EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

Chapter 15 Animal, vegetable or microbial 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; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR
INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE
INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY

Section Notes

Chapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects

17 Sugars and sugar confectionery

18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations

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 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares

20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

21 Miscellaneous edible preparations

22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar

23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed

24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products whether or not containing nicotine, intended
for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine
into the human body

SECTION V

MINERAL PRODUCTS

Chapter 25 Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

26 Ores, slag and ash

27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

SECTION VI

PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES

Section Notes

Chapter 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of
radioactive elements or of isotopes

29 Organic chemicals

30 Pharmaceutical products

31 Fertilizers

32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other coloring matter;
paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks

33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations

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

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 35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes

36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations

37 Photographic or cinematographic goods

38 Miscellaneous chemical products

SECTION VII

PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF;

RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF

Section Notes

Chapter 39 Plastics and articles thereof

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 (other than furskins) and leather

42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of
animal gut (other than silkworm gut)

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

45 Cork and articles of cork

46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork

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 SECTION X

PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL;

RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD;
PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF

Section Notes

Chapter 47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard

48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts
and plans

SECTION XI

TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES

Section Notes

Chapter 50 Silk

51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric

52 Cotton

53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn

54 Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials

55 Man-made staple fibers

56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof

57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings

58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery

59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial
use

60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics

61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

63 Other made up textile articles; needlecraft sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

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 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 and the like; parts of such articles

65 Headgear and parts thereof

66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof

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

Chapter 68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials

69 Ceramic products

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 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semiprecious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious
metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin

SECTION XV

BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

Section Notes

Chapter 72 Iron and steel

73 Articles of iron or steel

74 Copper and articles thereof

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 75 Nickel and articles thereof

76 Aluminum and articles thereof

77 (Reserved for possible future use)

78 Lead and articles thereof

79 Zinc and articles thereof

80 Tin and articles thereof

81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof

82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal

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

Section Notes

Chapter 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

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

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 signaling equipment of all
kinds

87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof

88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

89 Ships, boats and floating structures

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 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 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments
and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof

92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles

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, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires
and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and
the like; prefabricated buildings

95 Toys, games and sports equipment; parts and accessories thereof

96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles

SECTION XXI

WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES

Chapter 97 Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques

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 SECTION XXII

SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS;

TEMPORARY LEGISLATION; TEMPORARY MODIFICATIONS ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO TRADE LEGISLATION; ADDITIONAL IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 22 OF THE AGRICULTURAL
ADJUSTMENT ACT, AS AMENDED

Chapter 98 Special classification provisions

99 Temporary legislation; temporary modifications established pursuant to trade legislation; additional

import restrictions established pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended

Chemical Appendix to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

Intermediate Chemicals for Dyes Appendix

Statistical Annexes

Annex A - Schedule C, Classification of Country and Territory Designations for U.S. Foreign Trade Statistics

Annex B - International Standard Country Codes

Annex C - Schedule D, Customs District and Port Codes

Change Record

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