HTSUS

Questions and answers about HTSUS

  • US HTS 10 DIGIT LEVEL

    QUESTION: Where can I get a list of valid10 digit HTSUS #s? I went to the US ITC site and found a way to download the list to the 8 digit level, and also a way to download 10 digit list BUT that list also includes all of the higher level #s (4 digit, 6 […]

  • JULY HTS CHANGE TO DUTIABLE HTS

    QUESTION: We are shocked the new HTS changes moved previously duty free instruments parts of 9027.90.54 to the new 9027.90.59 at 1.2% duty rate. Does anyone have insight on this significant duty change? ==================== ANSWER: Under the ITA agreement HTS code 9027.90.59 will reduce from 1.7% to zero by 2019. Add’l Answer: That new number […]

  • JULY 01 HTS CHANGES

    QUESTION: Just got an e-mail from our broker, alerting us to changes to US HTS, effective July 1.  Anyone else aware of this? And what is the logic?  For our commodities, they do not appear to have added anything, just changed the numbers- and as a result, creating tons of work for us. ========== Answer: […]

  • JULY 01 HTS CHANGES

    QUESTION: Just got an e-mail from our broker, alerting us to changes to US HTS, effective July 1.  Anyone else aware of this? And what is the logic?  For our commodities, they do not appear to have added anything, just changed the numbers- and as a result, creating tons of work for us. ================== ANSWERS: […]

  • HTS & ECCN TO CUSTOMERS

    Question: We are a manufacturing company that has both  domestic and international customers. Some domestic customers are asking us to provide  the HTS and ECCN for our entire product line. We have given these on a case- by- case basis, with an appropriate disclosure that the information provided is based on our knowledge, but it […]

  • HTS DESCRIPTIONS

    Question: Does anybody know where to find abbreviated HTS descriptions, to 6 digits? —————————- ANSWERS: http://hts.usitc.gov/ http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm —————————- I don’t know about 6-digits, but Census provides that information at the 10-digit level (see http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/index.html). They have Export (Schedule B) and Import (HTS US) Concordance Files with the following information:   CHARACTER NAME DESCRIPTION OF FIELD […]

  • HTS EXPIRATION DATES

    Question: Our current internal HTS database includes an annual expiration date, however, as we migrate to a new software provider we are being asked if an actual annual expiration date is even necessary in this day and age given there are no quota visa concerns. US customs does update HTS numbers on occasion and of […]

  • HTS SIMPLIFICATION PROCESS

    Question: What is the process to formally ask the US government to simplify some harmonized codes? This would only be for changes at the country-specific, 10-digit level and would not affect duty. ==========   Contact the Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements at the U.S. International Trade Commission, James Holbein, Director, point of contact […]

  • VINEGAR HTS REPORTING

    Question: Regarding the calculation of proof liters for vinegar, note 9 of chapter 22 of the HTSUS reads, For the purposes of heading 2209, the standard proof of vinegar is 4 percent by weight of acetic acid.   We have seen examples where the acetic acid percentage is then divided by 4, and that number […]

  • PURCHASED PRODUCT HTS ECCN CODE PROCESS

    Question: My company wants to export a list of 248  commercial, off-the-shelf small electrical parts (i.e. resistors, diodes, capacitors, etc.) to a third party in Thailand who will be assembling all the parts and returning finished goods to our company here in the US. If we are not claiming any Free Trade status for this […]

  • TOBACCO PRINCIPLE USE PROVISIONS

    Question: Would HTS classifications 2401.10.53 and 2401.20.29 also be interpreted as Principle Use classifications ? Both classifications state the tobacco is Cigar Binder or Cigar Filler. Would it be correct that the tobacco, to be classified under either HTS, must prior to or at the time of importation, exhibit the use of being cigar binder or […]

  • HTS STAT DIGITS

    Question: On page 6 of the USHTS there is a paragraph that states the following: “The non-legal statistical elements that appear in the HTS……….”, meaning the last two digits of the US 10 digit HTS code listed in the tariff, correct? I have always interpreted this to mean that Customs only audits to the 8 […]