HTS Index

HTS heading 9801

Products of the United States when returned after having been exported, or any other products when returned within 3 years after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad — 53 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
9801.00.10Products of the United States when returned after having been exported, or any other products when returned within 3 years after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad + Ch. 99Free
9801.00.10.10Articles previously exported with intent to reimport after temporary use abroad + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)kg
9801.00.10.12Articles returned temporarily for repair, alteration, processing or the like, the foregoing to be reexported + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.15Meat and poultry products provided for in chapter 2 or 16 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)kg
9801.00.10.26Peanuts provided for in heading 1202 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)kg
9801.00.10.27Articles provided for in chapter 28 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)kg
9801.00.10.28Articles provided for in chapter 30 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)kg
9801.00.10.29Articles provided for in chapter 37 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.30Articles provided for in chapter 71 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.31Articles provided for in chapter 82 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.35Articles provided for in headings 8407.10, 8409.10, 8411 or 8412.10 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No. and kg
9801.00.10.37Articles provided for in subheadings 8419.33.10, 8419.34.00, 8424.41, 8424.49, 8424.82, 8424.90, 8429.11, 8429.19 or 8431.42 or headings 8432, 8433, 8434 or 8436 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.43Articles provided for in headings 8470, 8471, 8472 or 8473 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.45Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.49Articles provided for in headings 8501, 8502 or 8503 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.51Articles provided for in heading 8504 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.53Articles provided for in headings 8517, 8519, 8525, 8527 or 8529 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.55Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.59Articles provided for in chapter 86 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.63Articles provided for in heading 8701 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.64Articles provided for in heading 8702 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.65Articles provided for in heading 8703 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.66Articles provided for in heading 8704 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.67Articles provided for in headings 8706, 8707 or 8708 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.69Articles provided for in headings 8705 or 8709 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.74Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.75Articles provided for in headings 8801 or 8802 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.77Articles provided for in heading 8804 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)kg
9801.00.10.79Articles provided for in headings 8805, 8806 or 8807 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.89Articles provided for in chapter 89 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.90Articles provided for in chapter 90 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.92Articles provided for in headings 9401, 9402 or 9403 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)No.
9801.00.10.94Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.97Articles provided for in chapter 97 + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.10.98Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 9801.00.10)
9801.00.11.00United States Government property, returned to the United States without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any means while abroad, entered by the United States Government or a contractor to the United States Government, and certified by the importer as United States Government property + Ch. 99Freekg
9801.00.20.00Articles, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation or which were previously free of duty pursuant to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act or Title V of the Trade Act of 1974, if (1) reimported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad, after having been exported under lease or similar use agreements, and (2) reimported by or for the account of the person who imported it into, and exported it from, the United States + Ch. 99Freekg
9801.00.25.00Articles, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation if (1) exported within three years after the date of such previous importation, (2) reimported without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad, (3) reimported for the reason that such articles do not conform to sample or specifications, and (4) reimported by or for the account of the person who imported them into, and exported them from, the United States + Ch. 99Freekg
9801.00.26.00Articles, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation, if: (1) exported within 3 years after the date of such previous importation; (2) sold for exportation and exported to individuals for personal use; (3) reimported without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad; (4) reimported as personal returns from those individuals, whether or not consolidated with other personal returns prior to reimportation; and (5) reimported by or for the account of the person who exported them from the United States within 1 year of such exportation + Ch. 99Freekg
9801.00.30.00Any aircraft engine or propeller, or any part or accessory of either, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation, if (1) reimported without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad, after having been exported under loan, lease or rent to an aircraft owner or operator as a temporary replacement for an aircraft engine being overhauled, repaired, rebuilt or reconditioned in the United States, and (2) reimported by or for the account of the person who exported it from the United States + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9801.00.40Exhibition, examination or experimentation, for scientific or educational purposes + Ch. 99Free
9801.00.50Exhibition in connection with any circus or menagerie + Ch. 99Free
9801.00.60Exhibition or use at any public exposition, fair or conference + Ch. 99Free
9801.00.65Rendition of geophysical or contracting services in connection with the exploration for, or the extraction or development of, natural resources + Ch. 99Free
9801.00.70.00Aircraft exported from the United States with benefit of drawback or heading 9813.00.05 + Ch. 99A duty equal to the duty upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation, and (b) the duty which would have been payable on any articles used in the manufacture or production of such aircraft had they not been entered and exported under heading 9813.00.05kg
9801.00.80Other, except articles excluded by U.S. note 1(c) of this subchapter + Ch. 99A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported
9801.00.80.10Nonalcoholic beer provided for in subheading 2202.91.00 + Ch. 99A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported (inherited from 9801.00.80)liters
9801.00.80.20Alcohol provided for in headings 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, and 2208 + Ch. 99A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported (inherited from 9801.00.80)liters
9801.00.80.30Tobacco and tobacco products provided for in chapter 24 + Ch. 99A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported (inherited from 9801.00.80)
9801.00.80.40Cigarette paper provided for in heading 4813 + Ch. 99A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported (inherited from 9801.00.80)
9801.00.80.90Other + Ch. 99A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported (inherited from 9801.00.80)
9801.00.85.00Professional books, implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, when returned to the United States after having been exported for use temporarily abroad, if imported by or for the account of the person who exported such items + Ch. 99FreeNo.
9801.00.90.00Animals, domesticated, straying across the boundary line into any foreign country, or driven across such boundary line by the owner for temporary pasturage purpose only, together with their offspring; all the foregoing if brought back to the United States within 8 months + Ch. 99FreeNo.

39 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

53 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.