Customs Tariff 2018
Chapter-by-Chapter

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About the Customs Tariff

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Customs Tariff Schedule 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (29 KB)
Customs Tariff Act 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (12 KB)
General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (13 KB)
List of Countries and Applicable Tariff Treatments 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (88 KB)
Administrative Guidelines 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (21 KB)

Customs Tariff Schedule

Section I: Live Animals; Animal Products

Section I notes

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Chapter 1 - Live animals

2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (27 KB)
Chapter 2 - Meat and edible meat offal 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (49 KB)
Chapter 3 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (95 KB)
Chapter 4 - Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (50 KB)
Chapter 5 - Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (28 KB)

Section II: Vegetable Products

Section II notes

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Chapter 6 - Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 

2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (36 KB)
Chapter 7 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (92 KB)
Chapter 8 - Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (62 KB)
Chapter 9 - Coffee, tea, maté and spices 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (29 KB)
Chapter 10 - Cereals 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (28 KB)
Chapter 11 - Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (41 KB)
Chapter 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (40 KB)
Chapter 13 - Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (19 KB)
Chapter 14 - Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (20 KB)

Section III: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes

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Chapter 15 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (45 KB)

Section IV: Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes

Section IV notes

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Chapter 16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (66 KB)
Chapter 17 - Sugars and sugar confectionery 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (30 KB)
Chapter 18 - Cocoa and cocoa preparations 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (24 KB)
Chapter 19 - Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (75 KB)
Chapter 20 - Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (74 KB)
Chapter 21 - Miscellaneous edible preparations 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (43 KB)
Chapter 22 - Beverages, spirits and vinegar 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (52 KB)
Chapter 23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (37 KB)
Chapter 24 - Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (24 KB)

Section V: Mineral Products

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Chapter 25 - Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (49 KB)
Chapter 26 - Ores, slag and ash 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (34 KB)
Chapter 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (39 KB)

Section VI: Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries

Section VI notes

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Chapter 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
  1. Chemical elements
  2. Inorganic acids and inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
  3. Halogen or sulphur compounds of non-metals
  4. Inorganic bases and oxides, hydroxides and peroxides of metals
  5. Salts and peroxysalts, of inorganic acids and metals
  6. Miscellaneous
2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (73 KB)
Chapter 29 - Organic chemicals
  1. Hydrocarbons and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
  2. Alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
  3. Phenols, phenol-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
  4. Ethers, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides, epoxides with a three-membered ring, acetals and hemiacetals, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
  5. Aldehyde-function compounds
  6. Ketone-function compounds and quinone-function compounds
  7. Carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
  8. Esters of inorganic acids and their salts, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
  9. Nitrogen-function compounds
  10. Organo-inorganic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, nucleic acids and their salts, and sulphonamides
  11. Provitamins, vitamins and hormones
  12. Glycosides and vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
  13. Other organic compounds
2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (134 KB)
Chapter 30 - Pharmaceutical products 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (41 KB)
Chapter 31 - Fertilizers 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (28 KB)
Chapter 32 - Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (44 KB)
Chapter 33 - Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (34 KB)
Chapter 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 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (47 KB)
Chapter 35 - Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (28 KB)
Chapter 36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (22 KB)
Chapter 37 - Photographic or cinematographic goods 2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (30 KB)
Chapter 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (74 KB)

Section VII: Plastics and Articles Thereof; Rubber and Articles Thereof

Section VII notes

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Chapter 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  1. Primary forms
  2. Waste, parings and scrap; semi-manufactures; articles
2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (107 KB)
Chapter 40 - Rubber and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (78 KB)

Section VIII: Raw Hides and Skins, Leather, Furskins and Articles Thereof; Saddlery and Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (Other than Silk-worm Gut)

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Chapter 41 - Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (41 KB)
Chapter 42 - Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (34 KB)
Chapter 43 - Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (26 KB)

Section IX: Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal; Cork and Articles of Cork; Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of Other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork

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Chapter 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (74 KB)
Chapter 45 - Cork and articles of cork 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (19 KB)
Chapter 46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (25 KB)

Section X: Pulp of Wood or of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Recovered (Waste and Scrap) Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and Articles Thereof

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Chapter 47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (24 KB)
Chapter 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (85 KB)
Chapter 49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (29 KB)

Section XI: Textiles and Textile Articles

Section XI notes

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Chapter 50 - Silk 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (61 KB)
Chapter 51 - Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (30 KB)
Chapter 52 - Cotton 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (66 KB)
Chapter 53 - Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (23 KB)
Chapter 54 - Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (67 KB)
Chapter 55 - Man-made staple fibres 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (81 KB)
Chapter 56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (40 KB)
Chapter 57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (27 KB)
Chapter 58 - Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (32 KB)
Chapter 59 - Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (59 KB)
Chapter 60 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (61 KB)
Chapter 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (74 KB)
Chapter 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (79 KB)

Chapter 63 - Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

  1. Other made up textile articles
  2. Sets
  3. Worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (56 KB)

Section XII: Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-sticks, Seat-sticks, Whips, Riding-crops and Parts Thereof; Prepared Feathers and Articles Made Therewith; Artificial Flowers; Articles of Human Hair

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Chapter 64 - Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (61 KB)
Chapter 65 - Headgear and parts thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (35 KB)
Chapter 66 - Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (16 KB)
Chapter 67 - Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (21 KB)

Section XIII: Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware

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Chapter 68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (45 KB)
Chapter 69 - Ceramic products
  1. Goods of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths, and refractory goods
  2. Other ceramic products
2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (35 KB)
Chapter 70 - Glass and glassware 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (58 KB)

Section XIV: Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal and Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin

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Chapter 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
  1. Natural or cultured pearls and precious or semi-precious stones
  2. Precious metals and metals clad with precious metal
  3. Jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares and other articles
2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (45 KB)

Section XV: Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal

Section XV notes

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Chapter 72 - Iron and steel
  1. Primary materials; products in granular or powder form
  2. Iron and non-alloy steel
  3. Stainless steel
  4. Other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel
2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (98 KB)
Chapter 73 - Articles of iron or steel 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (114 KB)
Chapter 74 - Copper and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (69 KB)
Chapter 75 - Nickel and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (45 KB)
Chapter 76 - Aluminum and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (51 KB)
Chapter 77 - (Reserved for possible future use in the Harmonized System)
Chapter 78 - Lead and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (43 KB)
Chapter 79 - Zinc and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (31 KB)
Chapter 80 - Tin and articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (27 KB)
Chapter 81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (37 KB)
Chapter 82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (61 KB)
Chapter 83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metal 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (43 KB)

Section XVI: Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles

Section XVI notes

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Chapter 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (282 KB)
Chapter 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 2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (203 KB)

Section XVII: Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment

Section XVII notes

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Chapter 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 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (36 KB)
Chapter 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (99 KB)
Chapter 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (24 KB)
Chapter 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures 2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (31 KB)

Section XVIII: Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories Thereof

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Chapter 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 2018-07-01 HTML
PDF (102 KB)
Chapter 91 - Clocks and watches and parts thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (36 KB)
Chapter 92 - Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (37 KB)

Section XIX: Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof

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Chapter 93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (30 KB)

Section XX: Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

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Chapter 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (54 KB)
Chapter 95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (47 KB)
Chapter 96 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (54 KB)

Section XXI: Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques

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Chapter 97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (24 KB)
Chapter 98 - Special classification provisions – non-commercial
  1. Relief provisions
  2. Prohibition provisions
2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (78 KB)
Chapter 99 - Special classification provisions – commercial 2018-01-01 HTML
PDF (321 KB)
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