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Harmonized Tariff Schedule

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) provide classification provisions and duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but CBP is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS. 

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CBP Issues Harmonized System Update
July 3, 2025 |Customs

CBP created Harmonized System Update 2527 on July 3, containing 24 Automated Broker Interface records and six Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. It includes Partner Government Agency updates and miscellaneous tariff adjustments required by verification of the 2025 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. In support of the PGA Message Set, the AM8 AMS (Agricultural Marketing Service) tariff flag was removed from HTS subheadings 0901.11.0040, 0901.21.0020 and 0901.21.0049.

Topics:Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Rebar: New AD/CVD Investigations Deadlines & Scope
June 27, 2025 |AD/CV - Patent

The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria (A-721-001), Bulgaria (A-487-002), Egypt (A-729-805) and Vietnam (A-552-853), as well as its countervailing duty investigations on rear from Algeria (C-721-002), Egypt (C-829-806) and Vietnam (C-552-854). The CVD investigations cover entries for calendar year 2024. The AD investigations on Algeria, Bulgaria and Egypt cover entries April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.

Topics:Customs duty, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD)
Importer Says Frozen Eel Entries Aren't Transformed in China, Remain US Products
June 27, 2025 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

Importer American Eel Depot filed a pair of complaints at the Court of International Trade on June 27 to contest CBP's classification of its frozen roasted eel under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 1604.17.10 and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, subjecting the goods to Section 301 duties. The company argued that its goods aren't products of China but, in fact, have a country of origin of the U.S. (American Eel Depot v. United States, CIT # 21-00278, -00279).

Topics:Customs duty, Court of International Trade