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HTS Chapter 98: Commodities specified at chapter level only

Explore HTS Chapter 98 classifications for Commodities specified at chapter level only. Review material, form, processing and intended use before choosing a heading.

Current classification98Harmonized Tariff Schedule

HTS code 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

HTS code 9802

Articles returned to the United States after having been exported to be advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means:

HTS code 9803

Substantial containers and holders, if products of the United States (including shooks and staves of United States production when returned as boxes or barrels containing merchandise), or if of foreign production and previously imported and duty (if any) thereon paid, or if of a class specified by the Secretary of the Treasury as instruments of international traffic, repair components for containers of foreign production which are instruments of international traffic, and accessories and equipment for such containers, whether the accessories and equipment are imported with a container to be reexported separately or with another container, or imported separately to be reexported with a container

HTS code 9804

Articles imported by or for the account of any person arriving in the United States from a foreign country:

HTS code 9805

The personal and household effects (with such limitation on the importation of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe) of any person in the service of the United States who returns to the United States upon the termination of assignment to extended duty (as defined in regulations issued in connection with this provision) at a post or station outside the customs territory of the United States, or of returning members of his family who have resided with him at such post or station, or of any person evacuated to the United States under Government orders or instructions

HTS code 9806

Baggage and effects of the following persons who are aliens:

HTS code 9807

Articles of metal (including medals, trophies and prizes), for bestowal on persons in the United States, as honorary distinctions, by foreign countries or citizens of foreign countries

HTS code 9808

Articles for the use of any agency of the United States Government:

HTS code 9809

Public documents, whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media (including exposed and developed motion picture and other films, recorded video tapes and sound recordings) issued essentially at the instance and expense of a foreign government, of a political subdivision of a foreign country or of an international organization the membership of which includes two or more foreign countries

HTS code 9810

Articles imported for the use of an institution established solely for religious purposes:

HTS code 9811

Alcoholic beverage samples (each sample containing not more than 300 milliliters if a malt beverage, not more than 150 milliliters if a wine and not more than 100 milliliters if any other alcoholic beverage) to be used in the United States only for soliciting orders by persons importing alcoholic beverages in commercial quantities

HTS code 9812

Articles imported for exhibition by any institution or society established for the encouragement of agriculture, arts, education or science, or for such exhibition by any State or for a municipal corporation

HTS code 9813

Articles to be repaired, altered or processed (including processes which result in articles manufactured or produced in the United States)

HTS code 9814

Tea, tea waste and tea siftings and sweepings, all the foregoing to be used solely for manufacturing theine, caffeine or other chemical products whereby the identity and character of the original material is entirely destroyed or changed

HTS code 9815

Products of American fisheries (including fish, shellfish and other marine animals, spermaceti and marine animal oils), which have not been landed in a foreign country, or which, if so landed, have been landed solely for transshipment without change in condition

HTS code 9816

Articles for personal or household use, or as bona fide gifts, not imported for the account of another person, valued in the aggregate at not over $1,000 fair retail value in the country of acquisition, if the person claiming the benefit of subheading 9816.00.20 or 9816.00.40, or both, has not received the benefits thereof within the 30 days immediately preceding his arrival:

HTS code 9817

Nets or sections or parts of nets:

HTS code 9818

Equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials to be used, or the expenses of repairs made in a foreign country upon, a vessel described in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter:

HTS code 9819

Articles imported from a designated beneficiary sub-Saharan African country enumerated in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter:

HTS code 9820

Articles imported from a designated beneficiary Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership country enumerated in general note 17(a) to the tariff schedule:

HTS code 9822

Goods eligible for temporary admission into the customs territory of the United States under the terms of U.S. note 1(b) to this subchapter

HTS code 9823

Goods entered under the provisions of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement under general note 11 to the tariff schedule:

Classification overview

Understanding HTS Chapter 98

HTS Chapter 98 covers Commodities specified at chapter level only. Within this area of special-use and otherwise unspecified commodities, the product name alone is rarely enough to select a heading. These provisions require careful review of the exact statutory description, eligibility conditions, reporting purpose and whether the goods are more specifically classified in Chapters 01 through 97. Start with a precise commercial description and supporting technical details, then compare the heading wording and relevant section and chapter notes. Also review neighboring chapters when the product has been further processed, combined with other materials or made into a more specific finished article.

Before selecting a heading

Classification factors to review

Special provision scope

Read the complete provision and notes to confirm that the transaction or commodity qualifies.

Underlying commodity

Identify the goods normally and determine whether another chapter provides a more specific classification.

Entry and reporting conditions

Confirm documentation, use, value, origin and other conditions attached to the special classification.

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