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HTS Chapters

All 96 chapters of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule with average duty rates and line counts.

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Average rate vs line count

Chapter 24 (Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes) leads average MFN rate (59.8%), while Chapter 84 (Nuclear reactors) lists the most tariff lines (2,667). Pair both tables below before browsing the full chapter list.

Highest average MFN rate

# Chapter Avg %
1 24. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 59.8
2 64. Footwear 14.9
3 12. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits 13.2
4 4. Dairy produce 12.3
5 61. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 11.8
6 55. Man-made staple fibres 10.7
7 62. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 10.6
8 54. Man-made filaments 10.3
9 60. Knitted or crocheted fabrics 10.1
10 19. Preparations of cereals 9.9
11 20. Preparations of vegetables 9.8
12 7. Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 9.0

Most tariff lines

Line count from the USITC HTS extract; not a measure of trade value.

# Chapter Lines
1 84. Nuclear reactors 2,667
2 62. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 2,089
3 29. Organic chemicals 1,820
4 85. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof 1,558
5 61. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 1,345
6 73. Articles of iron or steel 968
7 72. Iron and steel 949
8 44. Wood and articles of wood 876
9 52. Cotton 842
10 3. Fish and crustaceans 797
11 90. Optical 671
12 64. Footwear 655
By Number By Avg Rate By Item Count
Ch. Title Items With Rates Avg Rate Max Rate
1 Live animals 126 37 0.9% 6.8%
2 Meat and edible meat offal 250 111 6.0% 26.4%
3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 797 279 0.7% 15%
4 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 435 259 12.3% 25%
5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 61 21 0.6% 5.1%
6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 106 31 3.3% 7%
7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 633 192 9.0% 29.8%
8 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 381 133 4.9% 29.8%
9 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 154 57 0.6% 6.4%
10 Cereals 105 30 1.5% 11.2%
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 79 38 4.2% 12.8%
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 250 74 13.2% 163.8%
13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 35 14 0.8% 3.8%
14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 23 11 1.3% 4.4%
15 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 181 78 3.8% 19.1%
16 Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects 315 117 3.5% 35%
17 Sugars and sugar confectionery 155 70 6.5% 12.2%
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 145 78 6.0% 10%
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products 181 80 9.9% 17.5%
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 438 184 9.8% 131.8%
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations 189 90 7.9% 20%
22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 201 76 1.8% 17.5%
23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder 92 35 2.2% 7.5%
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 296 67 59.8% 350%
25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 150 79 0.3% 3%
26 Ores, slag and ash 143 48 0.3% 5%
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 218 76 1.2% 12.5%
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes 501 274 2.5% 5.5%
29 Organic chemicals 1,820 1,051 4.1% 6.5%
30 Pharmaceutical products 213 60 0.5% 10.4%
31 Fertilisers 41 24 N/A N/A
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks 236 107 4.3% 6.5%
33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 104 43 1.5% 6%
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 79 41 2.4% 6.5%
35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 49 24 2.3% 6.5%
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 27 16 2.5% 6.5%
37 Photographic or cinematographic goods 100 37 2.3% 3.7%
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 323 182 3.9% 6.5%
39 Plastics and articles thereof 500 236 4.6% 6.5%
40 Rubber and articles thereof 319 142 2.4% 14%
41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 314 121 2.5% 5%
42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 208 89 8.9% 20%
43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 56 21 2.4% 6.5%
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 876 263 2.0% 10.7%
45 Cork and articles of cork 29 19 0.7% 14%
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 83 48 4.5% 18%
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard 40 21 N/A N/A
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 513 225 N/A N/A
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 80 29 N/A N/A
50 Silk 50 13 0.9% 3.9%
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 209 101 6.5% 25%
52 Cotton 842 233 8.6% 16.5%
53 Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn 96 31 2.0% 14.5%
54 Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials 436 131 10.3% 25%
55 Man-made staple fibres 556 133 10.7% 25%
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 133 55 4.5% 14.1%
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings 125 50 3.1% 8%
58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 181 72 7.0% 20.2%
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 124 59 3.1% 14.1%
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 178 60 10.1% 18.5%
61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 1,345 252 11.8% 32%
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2,089 395 10.6% 28.6%
63 Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 377 99 6.8% 20.9%
64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 655 147 14.9% 48%
65 Headgear and parts thereof 118 29 5.0% 10.3%
66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 13 8 4.5% 12%
67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 21 13 4.0% 17%
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 160 68 1.8% 9%
69 Ceramic products 211 82 6.7% 28%
70 Glass and glassware 481 198 5.9% 38%
71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin 238 108 3.0% 13.5%
72 Iron and steel 949 262 0.3% 10%
73 Articles of iron or steel 968 250 1.1% 12.5%
74 Copper and articles thereof 238 89 2.1% 3%
75 Nickel and articles thereof 50 28 2.2% 3%
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 211 65 3.7% 6.5%
78 Lead and articles thereof 21 11 1.9% 3%
79 Zinc and articles thereof 19 13 2.5% 4.2%
80 Tin and articles thereof 17 10 1.9% 3%
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 128 74 3.4% 15%
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 304 135 3.6% 15.8%
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 137 59 3.0% 7.5%
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 2,667 824 1.4% 9.9%
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 1,558 624 1.5% 15%
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 56 32 4.3% 14%
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof 634 212 3.1% 25%
88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 113 28 0.1% 3%
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 94 32 0.8% 2.7%
90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 671 302 1.0% 16%
91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof 314 174 4.6% 14%
92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 98 41 2.8% 8.7%
93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof 109 33 1.7% 5.7%
94 Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings 442 110 2.5% 12.8%
95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 184 85 1.9% 9.2%
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 242 127 4.8% 32%
97 Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques 47 19 N/A N/A

Chapters directory FAQ

Which HTS chapter has the highest average MFN duty rate?
Chapter 24 (Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes) leads this directory at an average general (MFN) rate of 59.8% across 296 tariff lines (USITC HTS extract).
Which HTS chapter has the most tariff lines?
Chapter 84 (Nuclear reactors) lists the most lines in this extract (2,667), with an average MFN rate of 1.4%.
Do the highest-rate and highest-volume chapters always match?
Not in this extract. Chapter 24 leads average MFN rate while Chapter 84 leads line count. Sensitive product chapters can carry high averages on fewer lines; machinery and apparel chapters often reverse that pattern.
How many HTS chapters does this hub cover?
This directory lists 96 chapters of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule with item counts and average general (MFN) duty rates from the USITC HTS extract.