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 quarterly
chapter	column_2_differs	lines	title	typical_column_2
01	22	78	Live animals	15%
02	80	166	Meat and edible meat offal	20%
03	140	562	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	2.2¢/kg
04	246	272	Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	35%
05	5	38	Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	20%
06	20	78	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	$6/1000
07	132	422	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	35%
08	80	240	Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons	35%
09	23	91	Coffee, tea, maté and spices	11¢/kg
10	16	66	Cereals	10%
11	26	51	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	20%
12	29	167	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	4.4¢/kg
13	8	24	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	25%
14	6	14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	20%
15	46	114	Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	6.6¢/kg
16	73	179	Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects	20%
17	55	92	Sugars and sugar confectionery	20%
18	70	91	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	40%
19	68	111	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	20%
20	129	285	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	35%
21	75	118	Miscellaneous edible preparations	20%
22	52	121	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	$1.32/pf. liter
23	17	61	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	0.7¢/kg
24	24	205	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	$1.21/kg
25	49	101	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	30%
26	15	102	Ores, slag and ash	30%
27	27	141	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	21¢/bbl
28	209	336	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	25%
29	943	1227	Organic chemicals	25%
30	31	198	Pharmaceutical products	25%
31	0	29	Fertilisers
32	88	168	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	25%
33	35	74	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	75%
34	37	48	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	25%
35	16	33	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	20%
36	12	19	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	0.3%
37	18	61	Photographic or cinematographic goods	25%
38	148	217	Miscellaneous chemical products	25%
39	188	319	Plastics and articles thereof	25%
40	102	198	Rubber and articles thereof	25%
41	83	176	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	25%
42	72	121	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)	35%
43	12	39	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	25%
44	161	556	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	33 1/3%
45	16	19	Cork and articles of cork	55¢/kg
46	47	49	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	50%
47	0	26	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
48	168	312	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	30%
49	14	50	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	25%
50	4	30	Silk	40%
51	85	124	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	55.5%
52	84	525	Cotton	40%
53	16	62	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn	35%
54	71	265	Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials	55%
55	63	399	Man-made staple fibres	81%
56	36	81	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	40%
57	36	74	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	60%
58	45	111	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	90%
59	50	75	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	40%
60	34	106	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	45%
61	114	838	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	90%
62	162	1247	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	90%
63	48	229	Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	90%
64	56	391	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	35%
65	12	64	Headgear and parts thereof	$16/doz. + 25%
66	8	8	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	40%
67	13	13	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	35%
68	51	97	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	20%
69	55	120	Ceramic products	55%
70	142	280	Glass and glassware	60%
71	72	140	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	80%
72	149	559	Iron and steel	25%
73	144	573	Articles of iron or steel	45%
74	65	136	Copper and articles thereof	6%
75	25	29	Nickel and articles thereof	35%
76	36	124	Aluminium and articles thereof	45%
78	9	13	Lead and articles thereof	45%
79	13	13	Zinc and articles thereof	45%
80	6	13	Tin and articles thereof	45%
81	54	84	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	45%
82	93	189	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	8¢ each + 45%
83	41	89	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	45%
84	453	1706	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	35%
85	452	982	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	35%
86	29	37	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	35%
87	94	402	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	25%
88	15	67	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	30%
89	9	58	Ships, boats and floating structures	35%
90	247	421	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	40%
91	76	82	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	$4.50 each + 65% + 25¢/jewel
92	33	63	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	40%
93	18	67	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	27.5%
94	45	275	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	45%
95	62	118	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	30%
96	107	157	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	45%
97	0	30	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
98	8	118	Special classification provisions (United States only)	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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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)