Basic Publication (January 2003)

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COVER
CHANGE RECORD
PREFACE
GENERAL NOTES; GENERAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION;
GENERAL STATISTICAL NOTES
NOTICE TO EXPORTERS

SECTION I: LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
	Section Notes
Chapter 1		Live animals
Chapter 2		Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 3		Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Chapter 4		Dairy produce; birds eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Chapter 5		Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

SECTION II: VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
	Section Notes
Chapter  6		Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Chapter 7		Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Chapter 8		Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
Chapter 9		Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Chapter 10		Cereals
Chapter 11		Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Chapter 12		Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
Chapter 13		Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
Chapter 14		Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

SECTION III: ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
	Section Notes
Chapter 15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

SECTION IV: PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES
	Section Notes
Chapter 16		Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
Chapter 17		Sugars and sugar confectionery
Chapter 18		Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Chapter 19		Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers' wares
Chapter 20		Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
Chapter 21		Miscellaneous edible preparations
Chapter 22		Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Chapter 23		Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal feed
Chapter 24		Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

SECTION V: MINERAL PRODUCTS
	Section Notes
Chapter 25	Salt; sulfur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
Chapter 26	Ores, slag and ash
Chapter 27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

SECTION VI: PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
	Section Notes
Chapter 28		Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals, of Rare-Earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements or of Isotopes
Chapter 29		Organic Chemicals
Chapter 30		Pharmaceutical Products
Chapter 31		Fertilizers
Chapter 32		Tanning or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins and Their Derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and Other Coloring Matter; Paints and Varnishes; Putty and Other Mastics; Inks
Chapter 33		Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
Chapter 34		Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
Chapter 35		Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
Chapter 36		Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
Chapter 37		Photographic or cinematographic goods
Chapter 38		Miscellaneous chemical products

SECTION VII: PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
	Section Notes
Chapter 39	Plastics and articles thereof
Chapter 40	Rubber and articles thereof

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 SILKWORM GUT)
	Section Notes
Chapter 41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
Chapter 42	Articles of Leather; Saddlery and Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (Other than Silkworm Gut
Chapter 43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof

SECTION IX: WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURERS OF STRAW,OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
	Section Notes
Chapter 44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Chapter 45	Cork and articles of cork
Chapter 46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork

SECTION X: PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; WASTE AND SCRAP OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF
	Section Notes
Chapter 47		Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard
Chapter 48		Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
Chapter 49		Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans

SECTION XI: TEXTILE AND TEXTILE ARTICLES
	Section Notes
Chapter 50		Silk
Chapter 51		Wool, Fine or Coarse Animal Hair; Horsehair Yarn and Woven Fabric
Chapter 52		Cotton
Chapter 53		Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn
Chapter 54		Man-made filaments
Chapter 55		Man-made staple fibers
Chapter 56		Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
Chapter 57		Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Chapter 58		Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace, tapestries; trimmings; embroidery
Chapter 59		Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
Chapter 60		Knitted or crocheted fabrics
Chapter 61		Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
Chapter 62		Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
Chapter 63		Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

SECTION XII: FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, SEATSTICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF; PREPARED FEATHERS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
	Section Notes
Chapter 64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
Chapter 65	Headgear and parts thereof
Chapter 66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seatsticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
Chapter 67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

SECTION XIII: ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE
	Section Notes
Chapter 68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
Chapter 69	Ceramic products
Chapter 70	Glass and glassware

SECTION XIV: NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMIPRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELRY; COIN   Section Notes Chapter 71 Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones,precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin

SECTION XV: BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
	Section Notes
Chapter 72		Iron and steel
Chapter 73		Articles of iron or steel
Chapter 74		Copper and articles thereof
Chapter 75		Nickel and articles thereof
Chapter 76		Aluminum and Articles Thereof
Chapter 77		(Reserved for possible future use)
Chapter 78		Lead and articles thereof
Chapter 79		Zinc and articles thereof
Chapter 80		Tin and articles thereof
Chapter 81		Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
Chapter 82		Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
Chapter 83		Miscellaneous articles of base metal

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 Notes
Chapter 84		Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
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

SECTION XVII: VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
	Section Notes
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
Chapter 87		Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
Chapter 88		Aircraft, Spacecraft, and Parts Thereof
Chapter 89		Ships, boats and floating structures

SECTION XVIII: OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
	Section Notes
Chapter 90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
Chapter 91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Chapter 92	Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories of Such Articles

SECTION XIX: ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
	Section Notes
Chapter 93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof

SECTION XX: MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
	Section Notes
Chapter 94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings
Chapter 95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
Chapter 96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles

SECTION XXI: WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES
	Section Notes
Chapter 97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques

SECTION XXII: SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION PROVISIONS; TEMPORARY LEGISLATION; TEMPORARY MODIFICATIONS PROCLAIMEDPURSUANT TO TRADE AGREEMENTS LEGISLATION; ADDITIONAL IMPORT RESTRICTIONS PROCLAIMED PURSUANT TO SECTION 22 OF THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT, AS AMENDED
	Section Notes
Chapter 98	Special classification provisions
Chapter 99	Temporary legislation; temporary modifications proclaimed pursuant to trade agreements legislation; additional import restrictions proclaimed pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended

• CHEMICAL APPENDIX TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE
• PHARMACEU TICAL APPENDIX TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE
• INTERMEDIAT E CHEMICALS FOR DYES APPENDIX TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULE
• STATISTICAL ANNEXES
  •  Annex A - Schedule C, Classification of Country and Territory Designations for U.S. Import Statistics
  • Annex B - International Standard Country Codes
  •  Annex C - Schedule D, Customs District and Port Codes
• ALPHABETICAL INDEX
• CHANGE RECORD