{
  "title": "HTS heading 9903: its subheadings and the duties they add",
  "citation": "Detxct, \"HTS heading 9903: its subheadings and the duties they add\", refreshed 2026-10-02 (quarterly). https://detxct.com/hts-code-9903/ (method: https://detxct.com/methodology/)",
  "licence": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "refreshed": "2026-10-02",
  "compared_with": null,
  "editions": [
    "2026-10-02",
    "2026-09-05"
  ],
  "methodology": "Chapter 99 has no ten-digit lines: its numbered lines are eight digits long and sit under six-digit subheadings. For heading 9903 each subheading is listed with the first line under it and that line's description, the count of eight-digit lines it holds, and the duty text that appears most often across those lines; every figure is re-derived from the current schedule at every export.",
  "columns": [
    "subheading",
    "first_line",
    "description",
    "lines",
    "typical_duty"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "description": "Except for products described in headings 9903.01.02, 9903.01.03, 9903.01.04 and 9903.01.05 articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 2(a) to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.01.01",
      "lines": "75",
      "subheading": "9903.01",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "Articles the product of any country determined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to have been transshipped to evade applicable duties under section 2 of Executive Order [Insert EO number], as amended [Compiler's note: [Insert EO Number] refers to Executive Order 14326, 90 Fed. Reg. 37963.]",
      "first_line": "9903.02.01",
      "lines": "91",
      "subheading": "9903.02",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 15%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.03.01",
      "lines": "16",
      "subheading": "9903.03",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "In original loaves (provided for in subheading 0406.40.44, 0406.40.54, or 0406.40.70)",
      "first_line": "9903.04.05",
      "lines": "22",
      "subheading": "9903.04",
      "typical_duty": "200%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Except for products described in headings 9903.05.02–9903.05.09, articles the product of Brazil, as provided for in subdivision (a) of U.S. note 50 to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.05.01",
      "lines": "89",
      "subheading": "9903.05",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 12.5%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Articles the product of Malaysia, as provided for in subdivision (j)(4)(ii) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.06.01",
      "lines": "21",
      "subheading": "9903.06",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "Bath preparations, other than bath salts (provided for in subheading 3307.30.50)",
      "first_line": "9903.08.04",
      "lines": "16",
      "subheading": "9903.08",
      "typical_duty": "100%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Eligible to be imported under the first quota period specified in a notice issued by the United States Trade Representative in any 12 month period commencing on October 1 in any year",
      "first_line": "9903.17.01",
      "lines": "23",
      "subheading": "9903.17",
      "typical_duty": ""
    },
    {
      "description": "Eligible to be imported under the first quota period specified in a notice issued by the United States Trade Representative in any 12 month period commencing on October 1 in any year",
      "first_line": "9903.18.01",
      "lines": "10",
      "subheading": "9903.18",
      "typical_duty": ""
    },
    {
      "description": "Provided for in subheading 1901.10.16, 1901.10.26, 1901.10.36 or 1901.10.44",
      "first_line": "9903.19.19",
      "lines": "5",
      "subheading": "9903.19",
      "typical_duty": "Free"
    },
    {
      "description": "Distillate and residual fuel oils (including blended fuel oils) and wastes of distillate and residual fuel oils (whether or not blended) (provided for in subheading 2710.19.06, 2710.19.11, 2710.20.05, 2710.20.10, 2710.99.05 or 2710.99.10)",
      "first_line": "9903.27.01",
      "lines": "15",
      "subheading": "9903.27",
      "typical_duty": "100%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Radial tires of a kind used on motor cars (other than racing cars), station wagons, sport utility vehicles, vans and on-the-highway light trucks (provided for in subheading 4011.10.10 or 4011.20.10)",
      "first_line": "9903.40.05",
      "lines": "2",
      "subheading": "9903.40",
      "typical_duty": "25%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Bovine (including buffalo) and equine leather (provided for in heading 4104 or 4107); goat, kid, sheep and lamb leather, the foregoing dyed, colored, stamped or embossed (provided for in heading 4105, 4106, 4112 or 4113)",
      "first_line": "9903.41.05",
      "lines": "9",
      "subheading": "9903.41",
      "typical_duty": "100%"
    },
    {
      "description": "If entered in an aggregate quantity, in any quarterly period specified in note 17(i) to this subchapter, not exceeding 300,000 units in any such quarterly period, under the terms of such note",
      "first_line": "9903.45.01",
      "lines": "11",
      "subheading": "9903.45",
      "typical_duty": "30%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Purchased and entered pursuant to the Secretary of Agriculture's Special Limited Global Import Quota Announcement",
      "first_line": "9903.52.00",
      "lines": "27",
      "subheading": "9903.52",
      "typical_duty": ""
    },
    {
      "description": "Softwood lumber products described in U.S. note 13 to this subchapter, whose Region of Origin is Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec or Saskatchewan",
      "first_line": "9903.53.01",
      "lines": "1",
      "subheading": "9903.53",
      "typical_duty": "10%"
    },
    {
      "description": "In addition to the aggregate quantity of beef of Argentina specified in Additional U.S. Note 3(a) to chapter 2 of the tariff schedule for any calendar year, an additional 80,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings of Argentina may be entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, between 12:01 a.m. local port time on February 13, 2026, and 11:59 p.m. eastern time on December 31, 2026, under statistical reporting numbers 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091, and 0202.30.5097, as provided in U.S. note 7 to this subchapter.",
      "first_line": "9903.54.01",
      "lines": "2",
      "subheading": "9903.54",
      "typical_duty": "No change"
    },
    {
      "description": "Entered under temporary importation bond in aggregate quantities not exceeding the amount specified in U.S. note 32(a) to this subchapter for any period specified in such note, when the product of any country not exempt under U.S. note 32(b) to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.55.01",
      "lines": "1",
      "subheading": "9903.55",
      "typical_duty": "Free"
    },
    {
      "description": "Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles as provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 38 to this subchapter.",
      "first_line": "9903.74.01",
      "lines": "10",
      "subheading": "9903.74",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "Softwood timber and lumber products provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 37 of this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.76.01",
      "lines": "9",
      "subheading": "9903.76",
      "typical_duty": "15%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Semiconductor articles as provided for in subdivisions (a) and (b) of U.S. note 39 to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.79.01",
      "lines": "9",
      "subheading": "9903.79",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "Articles provided for in subdivision (c) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter that do not contain any aluminum, steel, or copper",
      "first_line": "9903.82.01",
      "lines": "26",
      "subheading": "9903.82",
      "typical_duty": "No change"
    },
    {
      "description": "Aluminum articles that are the product of Russia, or where any amount of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the aluminum articles is smelted in Russia, or where the aluminum articles are cast in Russia, the foregoing under the terms of note 19(a)(vii)(A) to this subchapter, or note 19(m)(A) to this subchapter, as applicable per the date of entry for consumption or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, except any exclusions that may be determined and announced by the Department of Commerce",
      "first_line": "9903.85.67",
      "lines": "2",
      "subheading": "9903.85",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 200%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Except as provided in headings 9903.88.05, 9903.88.06, 9903.88.07, 9903.88.08, 9903.88.10, 9903.88.11, 9903.88.14, 9903.88.19, 9903.88.50, 9903.88.52, 9903.88.58, 9903.88.60, 9903.88.62, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(b) [to this subchapter]",
      "first_line": "9903.88.01",
      "lines": "66",
      "subheading": "9903.88",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "Articles the product of Nicaragua, as provided for in U.S. note 29 to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.89.01",
      "lines": "24",
      "subheading": "9903.89",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.90.08",
      "lines": "2",
      "subheading": "9903.90",
      "typical_duty": ""
    },
    {
      "description": "Effective with respect to entries on or after September 27, 2024, articles the product of China, as provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 31 to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.91.01",
      "lines": "16",
      "subheading": "9903.91",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "Except as provided in heading 9903.91.09, ship-to-shore gantry cranes, configured as a high- or low-profile steel superstructure and designed to unload intermodal containers from vessels with coupling devices for containers, including spreaders or twist-locks (provided for in subheading 8426.19.00)",
      "first_line": "9903.92.10",
      "lines": "2",
      "subheading": "9903.92",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Except for products described in headings 9903.94.02, 9903.94.03, 9903.94.04, 9903.94.31, 9903.94.40, 9903.94.41, 9903.94.50, 9903.94.51, 9903.94.60, and 9903.94.61, passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks, as specified in note 33 to this subchapter, as provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 33 to this subchapter",
      "first_line": "9903.94.01",
      "lines": "32",
      "subheading": "9903.94",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    },
    {
      "description": "Effective with respect to entries on or after June 30, 2025, articles of civil aircraft (all aircraft other than military aircraft); their engines, parts, and components; their other parts, components, and subassemblies; and ground flight simulators and their parts and components of the United Kingdom, classified in the subheadings enumerated in subdivision (a) of U.S. note 35 to this subchapter.",
      "first_line": "9903.96.01",
      "lines": "3",
      "subheading": "9903.96",
      "typical_duty": "The duty provided in the applicable subheading"
    }
  ]
}