HTS Codes / Chapter 98

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)

Duty rates

General (MFN)

3 percent of the fair retail value

Special programs

Free (BH,CL,CO,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)

Column 2 (non-MFN)

4 percent of the fair retail value

“General” applies to imports from most trading partners under normal trade relations. “Special” lists products eligible for reduced or duty-free treatment under programs like GSP, USMCA, CAFTA-DR, or individual free-trade agreements. “Column 2” applies to imports from countries without normal trade relations (currently Cuba and North Korea).

Chapter 98

Special classification provisions (Section XXII — Special classification and temporary provisions)