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HTS Code 9816.00 - 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 | Description | Unit of Qty | Rate Of Duty | ||||
| Column 1 | Column 2 | ||||||
| General Rate Of Duty | Special Rate Of Duty | 2 | |||||
| 9816.00.20 | Accompanying a person, arriving in the United States (exclusive of duty-free articles and articles acquired in American Samoa, Guam or the Virgin Islands of the United States) | 3 percent of the fair retail value | Free (BH,CA,CL,CO,IL,JO,KR,MA,MX,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG) | 4 percent of the fair retail value | |||
| 9816.00.40 | Imported by or for the account of a person (whether or not accompanying him) arriving directly or indirectly from American Samoa, Guam or the Virgin Islands of the United States, acquired in such insular possessions as an incident of such person's physical presence | 1.5 percent of the fair retail value | Free (BH,CA,CL, CO,IL,JO,KR,MA,S,SG) | 2 percent of the fair retail value | |||
What is HTS Code 8 and 10?
While the first 6 digits of HS Code are the same globally, the next 2-4 digits are different for each country
Types of Rate of Duty
Column 1 - "General" Column 1 "general" is the General sub-column of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Countries whose goods qualify for these rates are considered countries with which the U.S. has "Normal Trade Relations"(NTR).
Column 1 - "Special" Many countries that qualify for column one rates may also qualify for preferential duty rates under a variety of special trade agreements as listed in the "Special" sub-column of Column 1.
Column 2 Countries not covered by NTR are commonly referred to as "Column Two" countries, meaning duty rates for products from these countries are listed in Column two of the HTS. Currently, the only countries with Column Two status are Cuba and North Korea.
Some of the symbols used to designate the various preference programs and trade agreements in the "Special" sub column can be found here.
