Duty-Free Import Items
Items entering the US with a 0% general (MFN) duty rate: either duty-free under Most-Favored-Nation status or exempt through a free-trade agreement such as USMCA. Data from the USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule (13,855 rated tariff lines); see our methodology.
Chapters with Most Free Items
#1 Ch. 99
Chapter 99
1,530
duty-free items
#2 Ch. 84
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
498
duty-free items
#3 Ch. 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
362
duty-free items
#4 Ch. 29
Organic chemicals
277
duty-free items
#5 Ch. 72
Iron and steel
240
duty-free items
Sample Duty-Free Items
| HTS Code | Description | Rate | Chapter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0101.21.00 | Purebred breeding animals | Free | 1 |
| 0101.29.00 | Other | Free | 1 |
| 0101.90.30.00 | Imported for immediate slaughter | Free | 1 |
| 0102.21.00 | Purebred breeding animals | Free | 1 |
| 0102.29.20 | Cows imported specially for dairy purposes | Free | 1 |
| 0102.31.00 | Purebred breeding animals | Free | 1 |
| 0103.10.00.00 | Purebred breeding animals | Free | 1 |
| 0103.91.00 | Weighing less than 50 kg each | Free | 1 |
| 0103.92.00 | Weighing 50 kg or more each | Free | 1 |
| 0104.10.00.00 | Sheep | Free | 1 |
| 0106.11.00.00 | Primates | Free | 1 |
| 0106.12.01.00 | Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia) | Free | 1 |
| 0106.13.00.00 | Camels and other camelids (Camelidae) | Free | 1 |
| 0106.14.00.00 | Rabbits and hares | Free | 1 |
| 0106.19.91 | Other | Free | 1 |
| 0106.20.00.00 | Reptiles (including snakes and turtles) | Free | 1 |
| 0106.41.00.00 | Bees | Free | 1 |
| 0106.49.00 | Other | Free | 1 |
| 0106.90.01 | Other | Free | 1 |
| 0203.11.00.00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses | Free | 2 |
| 0203.12.90 | Other | Free | 2 |
| 0203.19.40 | Other | Free | 2 |
| 0203.21.00.00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses | Free | 2 |
| 0203.22.90.00 | Other | Free | 2 |
| 0203.29.40.00 | Other | Free | 2 |
| 0204.50.00.00 | Meat of goats | Free | 2 |
| 0205.00.00.00 | Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen | Free | 2 |
| 0206.10.00.00 | Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled | Free | 2 |
| 0206.21.00.00 | Tongues | Free | 2 |
| 0206.22.00.00 | Livers | Free | 2 |
| 0206.29.00.00 | Other | Free | 2 |
| 0206.30.00.00 | Of swine, fresh or chilled | Free | 2 |
| 0206.41.00.00 | Livers | Free | 2 |
| 0206.49.00.00 | Other | Free | 2 |
| 0206.80.00.00 | Other, fresh or chilled | Free | 2 |
| 0206.90.00 | Other, frozen | Free | 2 |
| 0208.90.20.00 | Deer | Free | 2 |
| 0208.90.25.00 | Frogsʼ legs | Free | 2 |
| 0210.20.00.00 | Meat of bovine animals | Free | 2 |
| 0301.11.00 | Freshwater | Free | 3 |
| 0301.19.00.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0301.91.00.00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | Free | 3 |
| 0301.92.00.00 | Eels (Anguilla spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0301.93.02 | Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0301.94.01.00 | Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | Free | 3 |
| 0301.95.00.00 | Southern Bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) | Free | 3 |
| 0301.99.03 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.11.00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.13.00 | Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.14.00 | Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.19.00.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.21.00 | Halibut and Greenland turbot (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.22.00.00 | Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.24.00.00 | Turbots (Psetta maxima) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.29.01 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.31.00.00 | Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.32.00.00 | Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.33.00.00 | Skipjack tuna (stripe-bellied bonito) (Katsuwonus pelamis) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.34.00.00 | Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.35.01.00 | Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.36.00.00 | Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.39.02.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.41.00.00 | Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.42.00.00 | Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.43.00.00 | Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.44.00.00 | Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.45.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.46.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.47.00 | Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.49.00.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.51.00 | Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.52.00.00 | Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.53.00.00 | Coalfish (Pollachius virens) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.54.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.55.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.56.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.59.50 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.71.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.72.50 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.73.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.74.00.00 | Eels (Anguilla spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.79.50 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.81.00 | Dogfish and other sharks | Free | 3 |
| 0302.82.00.00 | Rays and skates (Rajidae) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.83.00.00 | Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0302.84.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.85.50.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.89.50 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.91.40 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0302.92.00.00 | Shark fins | Free | 3 |
| 0302.99.00.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0303.11.00.00 | Sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka) | Free | 3 |
| 0303.12.00 | Other Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus) | Free | 3 |
| 0303.13.00.00 | Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) | Free | 3 |
| 0303.14.00.00 | Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) | Free | 3 |
| 0303.19.01.00 | Other | Free | 3 |
| 0303.23.00.00 | Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0303.24.00 | Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0303.25.01.00 | Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.) | Free | 3 |
| 0303.26.00.00 | Eels (Anguilla spp.) | Free | 3 |
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