Column 2 rate of duty

A column 2 rate of duty applies to imports from the short list of countries named in the schedule's General Notes, and the table below counts, for each chapter, the lines where that rate differs from the general rate.

Column 2 rates of duty by chapter

ten-digit lines with a differing column 2 rate by chapter; refreshed 2026-10-02 (quarterly)
Chapter	Title	Lines	Lines whose column 2 rate differs	Most common column 2 rate
01	Live animals	78	22	15%
02	Meat and edible meat offal	166	80	20%
03	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	562	140	2.2¢/kg
04	Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	272	246	35%
05	Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	38	5	20%
06	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	78	20	$6/1000
07	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	422	132	35%
08	Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons	240	80	35%
09	Coffee, tea, maté and spices	91	23	11¢/kg
10	Cereals	66	16	10%
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	51	26	20%
12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	167	29	4.4¢/kg
13	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	24	8	25%
14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	14	6	20%
15	Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	114	46	6.6¢/kg
16	Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects	179	73	20%
17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	92	55	20%
18	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	91	70	40%
19	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	111	68	20%
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	285	129	35%
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	118	75	20%
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	121	52	$1.32/pf. liter
23	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	61	17	0.7¢/kg
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	205	24	$1.21/kg
25	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	101	49	30%
26	Ores, slag and ash	102	15	30%
27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	141	27	21¢/bbl
28	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	336	209	25%
29	Organic chemicals	1227	943	25%
30	Pharmaceutical products	198	31	25%
31	Fertilisers	29	0
32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	168	88	25%
33	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	74	35	75%
34	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plaster	48	37	25%
35	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	33	16	20%
36	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	19	12	0.3%
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	61	18	25%
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	217	148	25%
39	Plastics and articles thereof	319	188	25%
40	Rubber and articles thereof	198	102	25%
41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	176	83	25%
42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)	121	72	35%
43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	39	12	25%
44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	556	161	33 1/3%
45	Cork and articles of cork	19	16	55¢/kg
46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	49	47	50%
47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard	26	0
48	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	312	168	30%
49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	50	14	25%
50	Silk	30	4	40%
51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	124	85	55.5%
52	Cotton	525	84	40%
53	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn	62	16	35%
54	Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials	265	71	55%
55	Man-made staple fibres	399	63	81%
56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	81	36	40%
57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	74	36	60%
58	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	111	45	90%
59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	75	50	40%
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	106	34	45%
61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	838	114	90%
62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	1247	162	90%
63	Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	229	48	90%
64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	391	56	35%
65	Headgear and parts thereof	64	12	$16/doz. + 25%
66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	8	8	40%
67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	13	13	35%
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	97	51	20%
69	Ceramic products	120	55	55%
70	Glass and glassware	280	142	60%
71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	140	72	80%
72	Iron and steel	559	149	25%
73	Articles of iron or steel	573	144	45%
74	Copper and articles thereof	136	65	6%
75	Nickel and articles thereof	29	25	35%
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	124	36	45%
78	Lead and articles thereof	13	9	45%
79	Zinc and articles thereof	13	13	45%
80	Tin and articles thereof	13	6	45%
81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	84	54	45%
82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	189	93	8¢ each + 45%
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	89	41	45%
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	1706	453	35%
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	982	452	35%
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	37	29	35%
87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	402	94	25%
88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	67	15	30%
89	Ships, boats and floating structures	58	9	35%
90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	421	247	40%
91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	82	76	$4.50 each + 65% + 25¢/jewel
92	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	63	33	40%
93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	67	18	27.5%
94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings	275	45	45%
95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	118	62	30%
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	157	107	45%
97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	30	0
98	Special classification provisions (United States only)	118	8	The rate applicable in the absence of this heading

Column 2 rates are the schedule's highest and change rarely; where a chapter shows few differing lines, its goods are mostly free of duty under every column.

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Editions: 2026-10-02 (current), 2026-09-05

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Methodology

For each chapter the ten-digit lines whose column 2 rate differs from the general rate are counted and the most common column 2 rate is shown, re-derived from the current schedule at every export.

Numbers last checked 2026-09-05.

The general rate of duty in the United States schedule applies to imports from countries with normal trade relations; the column 2 rate applies to the short list of countries named in the schedule's General Notes; the special column lists preferential rates under trade agreements and programmes. Source (checked 2026-09-05)
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is published by the United States International Trade Commission and revised through the year; this site reads the current release and re-downloads it every quarter. Source (checked 2026-09-05)