Customs classification of products and import clearance procedures for the United States

Product customs classification: The first step for import procedures in the United States of America

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As with commodities, importing products into the United States also requires compliance with the customs classification of products to be imported into America, established for statistical purposes by the U.S. customs system. It is essential to follow the product classification in all documentation included in the customs import procedure for the United States.

• Unpackaged food products
• Fresh and frozen meats
• Fresh, frozen, dried, and smoked fish
• Animal feed
• Fresh fruit
• Fresh and preserved vegetables and legumes
• Rice, flour, and starches
• Sugar, cocoa, and spices
• Seed oils and animal fats
• Dairy derivatives
• Yeasts, extracts, and malt
• Construction goods and products
• Cement, lime, gypsum, and derived products
• Concrete, cement, and gypsum products for construction
• Bricks
• Building bricks, hollow blocks, and similar ceramic elements
• Tiles, pipes, and other ceramic products for construction
• Doors and windows
• Plastic products for construction
• Flooring
• Wooden flooring
• Linoleum flooring
• Plastic flooring
• Ceramic tiles and slabs for flooring and wall coverings
• Sanitary ware and other bathroom products
• Stainless steel sinks and washbasins
• Plastic flush tanks and other bathroom items
• Ceramic sanitary ware
• Cast iron bathtubs, including enameled
• Steel sheet bathtubs
• Security doors and boxes
• Faucets and valves
• Intermediate goods in non-metallic minerals
• Flat glass and derived products
• Hollow glass products for packaging
• Glass products for technical applications
• Glass fibers and textiles
• Asbestos, asphalt, and graphite products
• Ceramic and abrasive products for various uses
• Refractory materials
• Processed ornamental stones
• Intermediate chemical goods
• Dyes and pigments
• Paints and varnishes
• Fertilizers and nitrogen compounds
• Nitric acid; sulfonitric acids; ammonia
• Other nitrogen fertilizers or nitrogen mixtures
• Other phosphate fertilizers
• Other potassium fertilizers
• Ammonium chloride; nitrites
• Potassium chloride
• Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two or three primary nutrients
• Mineral fertilizers of animal or vegetable origin
• Monoammonium phosphate
• Diammonium hydrogen orthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)
• Potassium nitrates
• Ammonium nitrate and its mixtures
• Sodium nitrate
• Superphosphates
• Ammonium sulfate
• Potassium sulfate
• Urea
• Explosives and industrial gases
• Essential oils, adhesives, and glues
• Pesticides and other agricultural chemicals
• Chemical products for industry
• Rubber tubes, tapes, and other rubber items
• Sheets, films, tubes, and profiles in plastic materials
• Plastic packaging
• Inks
• Basic products for detergents
• Basic pharmaceutical products
• Intermediate goods in paper and wood
• Sawn wood
• Wooden carpentry and packaging
• Wood-based sheets and panels
• Semi-finished wood, cork, and woven materials
• Paper and cardboard for packaging
• Paper for household and various uses
• Paper and cardboard packaging
• Paper and cardboard for graphic uses
• Intermediate textile and leather goods
• Hair, bristles, feathers, bones, and ivory
• Depilated and treated hides
• Yarns
• Knitted fabrics
• Woven fabrics
• Embroidery and felts
• Non-woven fabrics and technical textiles
• Twine, ropes, cords, and fabric packaging
• Intermediate metal goods
• Cold-formed iron and steel products
• Bridges, towers, and other metal structures
• Steel tubes
• Bearings, gears, and transmission components
• Screws and bolts
• Grates, chains, and metal meshes
• Locks and hinges
• Metal components and parts
• Metal packaging
• Foundry castings
• Electronic components
• Valves, tubes, diodes, and electronic boards
• Computer parts and other office machines
• Fixed and adjustable capacitors
• Parts and accessories for audio, video, and telephony equipment
• Parts and accessories for measuring instruments
• Optical and magnetic storage media
• Mechanical and optical components
• Parts for agricultural and earth-moving machinery
• Parts for mechanical industry machinery
• Parts for light industry machinery
• Parts for pumps and other industrial plant components
• Parts for bicycles, typewriters, and musical instruments
• Parts for photo-optical devices
• Parts for household appliances
• Parts and components for watches
• Engine parts
• Parts for hand-operated electromechanical tools
• Components for transportation vehicles
• Engines and chassis for motor vehicles
• Diesel engines for vehicles
• Internal combustion engines with displacement ≤ 250 cm³
• Internal combustion engines with displacement > 250 cm³ / ≤ 1,000 cm³
• Internal combustion engines with displacement over 1,000 cm³
• Fuel injection pumps
• Chassis with engines for motor vehicles
• Single-cell turbochargers
• Batteries and accumulators
• Lead-acid accumulators for starter motors
• Nickel electric accumulators
• Other electric accumulators
• Other lead-acid electric accumulators
• Vehicle bodies, body parts, and trailers
• Motor vehicle bodies for passenger transport
• Tractor bodies
• Bumpers and their parts
• Body parts for tractors and special vehicles
• Parts for trailers and semi-trailers, chassis
• Battery and accumulator parts
• Electrical parts and accessories for motor vehicles
• Electrical ignition or starting devices
• Electrical lighting devices for motor vehicles
• Electrical acoustic signaling devices
• Starters for spark-ignition engines
• Spark plugs for spark-ignition engines
• Electrical cables for transportation vehicles
• Distributors; ignition coils for spark-ignition engines
• Generators for spark-ignition engines
• Filament lamps for motorcycles or other motor vehicles
• Magnets; magneto-dynamos, flywheel magnets for spark-ignition engines
• Parts for electrical ignition or starting devices
• Parts for electrical lighting or signaling devices
• Sealed beam headlights
• Windshield wipers
• Non-electrical parts and accessories for motor vehicles
• Airbags
• Suspension shock absorbers
• Gearboxes
• Seat belts for occupant protection in motor vehicles
• Air filters
• Oil filters
• Brakes and brake servos and their parts
• Clutches and their parts
• Gaskets, hardware, and similar items made of common metals for motor vehicles
• Other unspecified parts and accessories
• Axles with differentials
• Radiators
• Wheels, their parts, and accessories
• Seats of the type used in motor vehicles
• Locks of the type used in motor vehicles, made of common metals
• Mufflers and exhaust pipes
• Steering wheels, steering columns, and steering boxes
• Car radios, clocks, and other automotive instruments
• Engines and parts for ships
• Engines and other components for aircraft
• Parts for locomotives and rail/tramway equipment
• Parts for motorcycles
• Motorcycle parts and accessories, n.e.c.
• Tires and inner tubes
• Rubber inner tubes
• Tires for agricultural and earth-moving machinery
• Solid or semi-solid tires
• Aircraft tires
• Rubber tires for bicycles
• Rubber tires for motorcycles
• Tires for buses or trucks
• Tires for passenger cars
• Retreaded tires for other vehicles
• Retreaded tires for buses and trucks
• Retreaded tires for passenger cars
• Profiles for tire reconstruction
• Electrical engineering
• Electric motors, generators, and transformers
• Equipment for electricity distribution and control
• Electrical panels
• Other electrical devices, n.e.c.
• High-voltage cables
• Wires and cables, switches, plugs, sockets, and electrical panels
• Lamps and parts for lighting equipment
• Parts for electrical equipment
• Industrial plant engineering
• Automatic control devices
• Valves and pressure reducers
• Boilers, turbines, and engines
• Pumps and compressors
• Heat exchangers
• Steel plants
• Chemical and mineral processing plants
• Industrial process machines and equipment
• Paper mill machines
• Other machines for paper processing
• Packaging manufacturing machines
• Paper manufacturing machines
• Cutting machines for pulp, paper, and cardboard processing
• Metalworking machines
• Shears, including presses, CNC-controlled, for metalworking
• Shears, including presses (non-CNC-controlled), for metalworking
• Machines for external or internal threading by rolling or swaging
• Wire metalworking machines
• Machine tools for cermet processing
• Machines, including presses, for forging or drop forging, hammers
• Bending, straightening, and flattening machines (non-CNC-controlled)
• Bending, straightening, and flattening machines, CNC-controlled
• Presses (non-hydraulic) for metalworking
• Hydraulic presses for metalworking
• Punching and nibbling machines (non-CNC-controlled), for metalworking
• Punching and nibbling machines, CNC-controlled, for metalworking
• Drawing machines for bars, tubes, profiles, wires, or similar metal materials
• Metal machine tools
• CNC-controlled grinding machines
• Traditional grinding machines
• Boring machines
• Boring-milling machines, CNC-controlled
• Boring-milling machines, traditional
• Broaching machines
• Machining centers for metal processing
• Threading or tapping machines
• Drilling machines, CNC-controlled
• Drilling machines, traditional
• Knee-type milling machines, CNC-controlled
• Knee-type milling machines, traditional
• Non-knee-type milling machines, CNC-controlled
• Non-knee-type milling machines, traditional
• Shaping machines
• Fixed-position machines for metal processing
• Multi-station machines for metal processing
• Machines for manufacturing electronic integrated circuits
• Lapping and grinding machines
• Deburring machines
• Machines for cutting or finishing gears
• Machine tools with sliding guides
• Machine tools operating with lasers
• Machine tools operating with ultrasound or electrical discharge machining (EDM)
• Planers
• Grinding machines with at least 0.01 mm precision, CNC-controlled
• Grinding machines with at least 0.01 mm precision, non-CNC-controlled
• Grinding machines, CNC-controlled
• Grinding machines, traditional
• Industrial robots
• Saws
• Horizontal lathes, CNC-controlled
• Horizontal lathes, traditional
• Vertical lathes, CNC-controlled
• Vertical lathes, traditional
• Machine tools for hard materials
• Other machine tools for woodworking and plastic processing
• Drilling and mortising machines for wood and plastics
• Machines for bending or assembling wood and plastics
• Multi-operation machines for wood and plastics
• Machines for grinding or polishing glass and stones
• Machines for sawing wood and plastics
• Machines for sawing glass and stones
• Machines for sanding wood and plastics
• Machines for splitting and shredding wood and plastics
• Machines for planing or smoothing wood and plastics
• Presses for manufacturing wood panels
• Extrusion machines
• Textile machines
• Food processing machines
• Other food processing machines
• Water-cooled refrigeration equipment
• Dryers for agricultural products
• Non-electric ovens for bakery products
• Machines and equipment for extracting or processing oils
• Machines and equipment for beer production
• Machines and equipment for industrial meat processing
• Machines and equipment for baking
• Machines and equipment for industrial fruit and vegetable processing
• Machines and equipment for tobacco preparation or processing
• Machines and equipment for mixing and kneading
• Machines for the dairy industry
• Machines for sugar and confectionery production
• Machines for cleaning, sorting, and screening grains
• Machines for mills and processing cereals or dried legumes
• Machines for wine, cider, and fruit juice production
• Cream separators
• Other machines for special applications
• Other machines for manufacturing electronic components
• Air cooling evaporators
• Traveling circuses and menageries
• Dryers
• Dryers for wood, paper pulp, paper, or cardboard
• Carousels
• Machines and equipment for manufacturing ingots or wafers
• Miscellaneous mechanical machines and equipment
• Machines and equipment for isotope separation and their parts [Euratom]
• Machines for agglomerating, forming, or molding
• Machines for manufacturing ropes and cables
• Machines for balancing mechanical parts
• Machines for manufacturing flat screens
• Machines for processing glass
• Machines for assembling lamps with glass enclosures
• Automatic packaging and wrapping machines
• Machines and equipment for packaging or wrapping
• Machines and equipment for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers
• Machines and equipment for filling, sealing, capping, or labeling
• Printing and publishing machines
• Industrial raw materials
• Electric power
• Steel
• Copper
• Aluminum
• Lead, zinc, and tin
• Nickel and other non-ferrous metals
• Precious metals
• Petroleum products and coal derivatives
• Basic organic chemicals
• Basic inorganic chemicals
• Plastics in primary forms
• Synthetic rubber in primary forms
• Synthetic and artificial fibers
• Pulp
• Natural raw materials
• Energy raw materials
• Metallic minerals
• Minerals for the chemical industry
• Precious stones, rough diamonds, pearls, and corals
• Non-metallic minerals
• Raw timber
• Natural rubber and other non-wood products
• Cereals, raw rice, and oilseeds
• Seeds, bulbs, and flowers
• Colonial raw materials
• Sugarcane and sugar beets
• Livestock and their products
• Raw hides
• Raw textile fibers
• Waste and residues
• Transport and agricultural vehicles
• Cars, buses, and caravans
• Buses and coaches with diesel engines
• Buses and coaches with non-diesel engines
• Cars with engine displacement ≤ 1,000 cm³
• Cars with engine displacement > 1,000 cm³ / ≤ 1,500 cm³
• Cars with engine displacement > 1,500 cm³ / ≤ 3,000 cm³
• Cars with engine displacement > 3,000 cm³
• Diesel cars with engine displacement ≤ 1,500 cm³
• Diesel cars with engine displacement > 1,500 cm³ and ≤ 2,500 cm³
• Diesel cars with engine displacement > 2,500 cm³
• Electric vehicles
• Trailers and semi-trailers for residential or camping use (caravans)
• Freight transport vehicles
• Other unspecified transport vehicles
• Other trailers and semi-trailers
• Trucks with internal combustion engines, gross vehicle weight ≤ 5 tons
• Trucks with internal combustion engines, gross vehicle weight > 5 tons
• Trucks with engines other than diesel or internal combustion
• Freight transport vehicles (5-20 tons)
• Freight transport vehicles (≤ 5 tons)
• Freight transport vehicles (> 20 tons)
• Trailers and semi-trailers for freight transport
• Tank trailers and semi-trailers
• Road tractors for semi-trailers
• Special-purpose vehicles
• Agricultural machinery
• Other soil cultivation machinery
• Other harvesting and threshing machinery
• Mechanical irrigation equipment for agriculture or horticulture
• Plows
• Disc harrows ("pulverizers") for agriculture
• Incubators and brooders
• Threshing machines and equipment
• Haymaking machines and equipment
• Poultry farming machines and equipment
• Machines and equipment for animal feed preparation
• Potato harvesting machines
• Machines for cleaning or sorting eggs, fruit, or other agricultural products
• Combine harvesters
• Two-wheel tractors
• Motor mowers and non-towed mowers
• Milking machines
• Straw or forage balers
• Self-loading or self-unloading trailers for agricultural use
• Scarifiers, cultivators, weeders, horse hoes, and rotary hoes
• Precision seeders with central control
• Spreaders for mineral or chemical fertilizers
• Uprooters, drinking troughs
• Lawn mowers
• Agricultural tractors
• Earth-moving machinery
• Other non-self-propelled earth-moving machinery
• Other self-propelled earth-moving machinery
• Lifting equipment for underground work
• Track bulldozers and angle dozers
• Wheel bulldozers and angle dozers
• Dump trucks
• Pile drivers and pile extractors
• Concrete mixers and cement preparation equipment
• Loaders and front-loading shovels, self-propelled
• Soil and asphalt compactors
• Self-propelled compactors and roller compactors
• 180-degree excavators and backhoe loaders
• Self-propelled graders
• Construction machinery and equipment
• Non-self-propelled drilling and boring machines
• Machines for crushing solid minerals
• Machines for mixing mineral materials
• Non-self-propelled tunnel and gallery boring machines
• Self-propelled tunnel and gallery boring machines
• Machines for separating solid minerals
• Self-propelled drilling and boring machines
• Mechanical shovels with a superstructure capable of rotating 360°
• Self-propelled leveling bulldozers
• Snowplows
• Track tractors
• Boats and pleasure vessels
• Aircraft
• Trains and rolling stock
• Motorcycles
• Mopeds
• Motorcycles with engine displacement > 250 cm³ / ≤ 500 cm³
• Motorcycles with engine displacement > 50 cm³ / ≤ 250 cm³
• Motorcycles with engine displacement > 500 cm³ / ≤ 800 cm³
• Other motorcycles; sidecars
• Motorcycles with reciprocating piston engine, displacement 800 cm³
• Forklifts and material handling equipment
• Health products and instruments
• Pharmaceuticals
• Syringes, prosthetics, and other health products
• Medical and dental instruments and equipment
• Electromedical devices
• Other X-ray devices
• Ultraviolet or infrared ray devices for medical use
• X-ray devices for medical, surgical, or veterinary use
• X-ray devices for dental use
• Ultrasound scanning diagnostic devices
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnostic devices
• Electrodiagnostic devices
• Radiotherapy devices for non-medical uses
• Radiotherapy devices for medical uses
• Computed tomography (CT) scanners
• Medical devices to compensate for a deficiency or disability
• Scintigraphy devices
• Electrocardiographs
• Pacemakers
• Parts and accessories for X-ray equipment
• Hearing aids
• X-ray tubes
• Microscopes
• Consumer finished products
• Oil, condiments, and spices
• Milk, yogurt, butter, and cheese
• Other cheeses
• Butter
• Blue-veined cheeses
• Fresh cheeses and dairy products
• Processed cheeses
• Grated or powdered cheeses of all types
• Milk and cream, concentrated
• Fresh milk: fat >6%
• Fresh milk: fat 1-6%
• Fresh milk: fat less than 1%
• Sweetened powdered milk: fat 1-6%
• Unsweetened powdered milk: fat 1-6%
• Powdered milk: fat less than 1%
• Buttermilk, cream, kefir, etc.
• Milk fats
• Yogurt
• Rice, pasta, and flour, packaged
• Processed and packaged meat and fish
• Other fish preparations or preserves
• Canned meat
• Salted, dried, or smoked beef
• Salted, brined, dried, or smoked pork
• Caviar
• Edible flours and powders from meat or offal
• Cured meats
• Meat-based baby food
• Cereal-based baby food
• Fruit-based baby food
• Vegetable-based baby food
• Mixed baby food
• Salted, dried, or smoked pork belly
• Stuffed pasta
• Cooked or otherwise prepared pasta products
• Other prepared food products
• Preserved mollusks and other invertebrates
• Preserved crustaceans
• Cooked hams and pork shoulders
• Non-deboned hams and pork shoulders
• Soups, broths, and stews
• Processed and packaged vegetables and fruits
• Biscuits and other baked goods
• Sugar, chocolate, confectionery, and ice cream
• Packaged tea and coffee
• Water and beverages
• Detergents and other cleaning, washing, and polishing products
• Household paper products
• Pet food
• Cigarettes, matches, salt
• Stationery and batteries
• Perfumes and cosmetics
• Onboard supplies
• Finished products for the home
• Carpets, tapestries, and wallpaper
• Furniture, mattresses, and home furnishings
• Chandeliers and lighting fixtures
• Household appliances
• Consumer electronics
• Glasses and tableware
• Cutlery and flatware
• Pots and pans
• Home textiles
• Various household items
• Finished products for personal use
• Underwear and hosiery
• Outerwear
• Leather clothing
• Clothing in non-woven fabric, felt, or coated textiles
• Knitted jacket suits for women
• Jacket suits in other textile materials for women
• Cotton jacket suits for women
• Synthetic fiber jacket suits for women
• Wool or fine hair jacket suits for women
• Knitted dresses in cotton for women
• Knitted dresses in artificial fibers for women
• Knitted dresses in synthetic fibers for women
• Knitted dresses in wool or other textile materials for women
• Cotton dresses for women
• Artificial fiber dresses for women
• Synthetic fiber dresses for women
• Wool or other textile material dresses for women
• Other knitted garments
• Coats and raincoats in other textile materials for women
• Coats and raincoats in other textile materials for men
• Coats and raincoats in cotton for women
• Coats and raincoats in cotton for men
• Coats and raincoats in synthetic/artificial fibers for women
• Coats and raincoats in synthetic/artificial fibers for men
• Coats and raincoats in wool or fine hair for women
• Coats and raincoats in wool or fine hair for men
• Women's swimwear
• Men's swimwear
• Fabric swimwear for women
• Fabric swimwear for men
• Windbreakers in synthetic/artificial fibers for women
• Windbreakers in synthetic/artificial fibers for men
• Windbreakers, jackets, and similar items in cotton for women
• Windbreakers, jackets, and similar items in cotton for men
• Windbreakers, jackets, and similar items in wool or other textile materials for women
• Windbreakers in wool or other textile materials for men
• Wool fabric jackets for men
• Non-wool fabric jackets for men
• Fabric jackets for women in other textile materials
• Fabric jackets for women in cotton
• Fabric jackets for women in synthetic fibers
• Fabric jackets for women in wool
• Knitted jackets in cotton for women
• Knitted jackets in cotton for men
• Knitted jackets in non-cotton materials for women
• Knitted jackets in non-cotton materials for men
• Knitted coats in cotton for women
• Knitted coats in cotton for men
• Knitted coats in non-cotton materials for women
• Knitted coats in non-cotton materials for men
• Skirts and culottes, knitted, for women
• Skirts and culottes, cotton, for women
• Skirts and culottes, synthetic fibers, for women
• Skirts and culottes, wool or other textile materials, for women
• Knitted garments for infants
• Non-knitted garments for infants
• Used clothing and other second-hand items
• Fabric ensembles for women
• Ensembles for men
• Knitted ensembles, cotton, for men
• Knitted ensembles, non-cotton, for men
• Knitted ensembles for women
• Sweaters and pullovers, other textile materials
• Sweaters and pullovers, cashmere
• Sweaters and pullovers, cotton
• Sweaters and pullovers, synthetic/artificial fibers
• Sweaters and pullovers, wool
• Fur articles
• Wool fabric trousers for men
• Non-wool fabric trousers for men
• Fabric trousers for women, wool
• Fabric trousers for women, non-wool
• Denim trousers for women
• Denim trousers for men
• Knitted trousers, cotton, for women
• Knitted trousers, cotton, for men
• Knitted trousers, non-cotton, for women
• Knitted trousers, non-cotton, for men
• Whole fur skins (excluding mink)
• Whole mink fur skins
• Assembled and trimmed fur skins
• Fur coats and clothing accessories
• Non-knitted sports suits
• Knitted sports suits
• Knitted suits or complete outfits for men, excl. tracksuits
• Suits or complete outfits, wool or fine hair, for men
• Suits or complete outfits, non-wool, for men
• Clothing accessories
• Rubber clothing accessories
• Plastic clothing accessories
• Clothing accessories and parts
• Knitted clothing accessories
• Other leather clothing accessories
• Other textile products n.e.c.
• Hats and other headwear
• Leather belts and waistbands
• Silk ties
• Non-silk ties
• Handkerchiefs and pocket squares
• Knitted gloves and mittens
• Textile gloves and mittens, non-knitted
• Leather gloves and mittens
• Rubber gloves, mittens, and half-gloves (non-hardened vulcanized rubber)
• Knitted shawls and scarves
• Silk shawls, scarves, and foulards
• Non-silk shawls, scarves, and foulards
• Retail yarns of textile materials
• Bags, suitcases, and wallets
• Personal toiletry travel sets
• Trunks, suitcases, briefcases, etc.
• Handbags
• Wallets and pocket or handbag items
• Travel bags and duffle bags
• Footwear
• Footwear with rubber or wooden outer sole
• City shoes with leather uppers
• City shoes made of rubber
• Tennis-style shoes
• Waterproof footwear with metal toe cap
• Footwear with natural leather uppers and metal toe cap
• Slippers
• Slippers and other fabric footwear
• Footwear parts
• Natural leather sandals
• Rubber sandals
• Sports shoes
• Rubber boots
• Uppers and their parts
• Lenses and eyewear
• Photo-optics
• Sports equipment and musical instruments
• Bicycles, strollers, and vehicles for disabled persons
• Personal items
• Small personal appliances
• Books and other creative activity products
• Jewelry, watches, and costume jewelry
• Leather watch straps
• Workwear
• ICT tools and equipment for services
• Furniture and items for offices, shops, and schools
• Office and store machinery and equipment
• Computers and peripheral units
• Communication equipment
• Anti-theft and fire protection devices
• Industrial tools and equipment
• Lifting and handling equipment
• Metal tanks, reservoirs, and containers
• Pumps and filters
• Signaling devices
• Burners and furnaces
• Electromechanical tools
• Hand tools, equipment, and molds
• Fire extinguishers, spray guns, and liquid/powder spraying machines
• Measuring instruments