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US import duty and tariff rates by HTS chapter

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US import duty rates organized by Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) chapter, covering the base MFN (Most Favored Nation) general rate from the USITC HTS plus the overlay tariffs that determine the actual total rate paid: Section 301 additional duties on China-origin goods (ranging from 7.5% to 100% depending on product list and year), Section 232 additional duties on steel (25%) and aluminum (10%), and IEEPA reciprocal tariffs (10% baseline on most countries as of mid-2025, with country-specific rates set by executive order for countries not covered by a bilateral deal). Answers 'what is the tariff rate on [product]', 'import duty on electronics from China', 'how much is the import tariff on steel', 'what is the HTS code duty rate for passenger vehicles', 'do laptops have a tariff', 'what additional duties apply to Chinese goods in 2025 and 2026', and 'what is the difference between the HTS general rate and the total effective rate for goods from China'. No single government page states all three layers together for a given product — the HTS states the base rate, USTR Federal Register notices state the Section 301 overlay by HTS code, and CBP guidance states the IEEPA reciprocal overlay — which is why every query-answering tool either shows only the base rate (misleading for China imports) or shows an aggregated number with no cited source. Each record covers one HTS chapter (the 2-digit grouping such as Chapter 84 'Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances'), with the chapter's product scope, its typical base general duty rate, whether Section 301 China tariffs apply across the chapter, whether Section 232 steel or aluminum tariffs apply, and the IEEPA baseline. Rate ranges within a chapter are stated where they vary materially (e.g. vehicles 2.5%, many electronics Free). First version covers 30 chapters representing the highest-search-volume categories: electronics (Chapters 84, 85), clothing and textiles (61, 62, 63), vehicles (87), steel and iron (72, 73), plastics (39), pharmaceuticals (30), footwear (64), furniture (94), toys (95), tools (82), optical and medical instruments (90), and a sample of food categories (02, 04, 08, 22).

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Licence position

Base HTS data is a US government work published by the USITC, in the public domain (no copyright under 17 U.S.C. § 105). CBP and Federal Register tariff guidance is also US government-produced and in the public domain. Short attributed quotes are taken from these pages; no compilation is reproduced wholesale. Facts are not copyrightable (Feist, 1991). Source pages carry no restrictive reuse notice.

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Sources

• —https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/06/2025-15010/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates
• —https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/trade-remedies/IEEPA-FAQ

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