CHAPTER 98

Special Classification Provisions (U.S.)

Section XXII of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. 22 headings.

Headings in this chapter

9801 Products of the United States when returned after having been exported, or any other products when returned within 3 years after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad 9802 Photographic films and dry plates manufactured in the United States (except motion-picture films to be used for commercial purposes) and exposed abroad, whether developed or not 9803 Substantial containers and holders, if products of the United States (including shooks and staves of United States production when returned as boxes or barrels containing merchandise), or if of foreign production and previously imported and duty (if any) thereon paid, or if of a class specified by the Secretary of the Treasury as instruments of international traffic, repair components for containers of foreign production which are instruments of international traffic, and accessories and equipment for such containers, whether the accessories and equipment are imported with a container to be reexported separately or with another container, or imported separately to be reexported with a container 9804 Books, libraries, usual and reasonable furniture and similar household effects, if actually used abroad by him or by him and his family not less than one year, and not intended for any other person, or for sale 9805 The personal and household effects (with such limitation on the importation of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe) of any person in the service of the United States who returns to the United States upon the termination of assignment to extended duty (as defined in regulations issued in connection with this provision) at a post or station outside the customs territory of the United States, or of returning members of his family who have resided with him at such post or station, or of any person evacuated to the United States under Government orders or instructions 9806 Upon the request of the Department of State, ambassadors, ministers, charge d'affaires, secretaries, counselors, attaches and other representatives, officers and employees of foreign governments, accredited to the United States or en route to or from other countries to which accredited, and their immediate families, suites and servants 9807 Articles of metal (including medals, trophies and prizes), for bestowal on persons in the United States, as honorary distinctions, by foreign countries or citizens of foreign countries 9808 Engravings, etchings, photographic prints, whether bound or unbound, recorded video tapes and exposed photographic films (including motion-picture films) whether or not developed; official government publications in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media 9809 Public documents, whether or not in the form of microfilm, microfiches, or similar film media (including exposed and developed motion picture and other films, recorded video tapes and sound recordings) issued essentially at the instance and expense of a foreign government, of a political subdivision of a foreign country or of an international organization the membership of which includes two or more foreign countries 9810 Drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, sound recordings, recorded video tapes and photographic and other prints, all the foregoing whether bound or unbound, and exposed photographic films (including motion-picture films) whether or not developed 9811 Alcoholic beverage samples (each sample containing not more than 300 milliliters if a malt beverage, not more than 150 milliliters if a wine and not more than 100 milliliters if any other alcoholic beverage) to be used in the United States only for soliciting orders by persons importing alcoholic beverages in commercial quantities 9812 Articles imported for exhibition by any institution or society established for the encouragement of agriculture, arts, education or science, or for such exhibition by any State or for a municipal corporation 9813 Articles to be repaired, altered or processed (including processes which result in articles manufactured or produced in the United States) 9814 Tea, tea waste and tea siftings and sweepings, all the foregoing to be used solely for manufacturing theine, caffeine or other chemical products whereby the identity and character of the original material is entirely destroyed or changed 9815 Products of American fisheries (including fish, shellfish and other marine animals, spermaceti and marine animal oils), which have not been landed in a foreign country, or which, if so landed, have been landed solely for transshipment without change in condition 9816 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) 9817 Monofilament gill nets to be used for fish sampling 9818 Any equipment, or any part of equipment, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials employed in, or the expense of repairs made in a foreign country with respect to, a LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) barge utilized as a cargo container, upon first arrival of such barge in any port of the United States 9819 Apparel articles of chapter 61 or 62 sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more such countries (except the Republic of Rwanda) from fabrics wholly formed and cut, or from components knit-to-shape, in the United States, from yarns wholly formed in the United States, or both (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable in heading 5602 or 5603 and are wholly formed and cut in the United States), the foregoing which (1) are embroidered or were subjected to stone-washing, enzyme-washing, acid washing, permapressing, oven-baking, bleaching, garment-dyeing, screen printing or other similar processes, and (2) but for such embroidery or processing are of a type otherwise described in heading 9802.00.80 of the tariff schedule 9820 Apparel articles of chapter 61 or 62 sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more such countries from fabrics wholly formed and cut, or from components knit-to-shape, in the United States, from yarns wholly formed in the United States (including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable in heading 5602 or 5603 and are wholly formed and cut in the United States), the foregoing which (1) are embroidered or were subjected to stone-washing, enzyme-washing, acid washing, permapressing, oven-baking, bleaching, garment-dyeing, screen printing or other similar processes, (2) but for such embroidery or processing are of a type otherwise described in heading 9802.00.80 of the tariff schedule, and (3) meet the requirements of U.S. note 2(a) to this subchapter 9822 Goods eligible for temporary admission into the customs territory of the United States under the terms of U.S. note 1(b) to this subchapter 9823 Goods of Mexico or goods of the United States provided for in note 1(a) to this subchapter

Recent CBP rulings in Chapter 98

H359026 June 10, 2026

Subheading 9817.60.00, HTSUS; Broadcasting Equipment, Timing Equipment, and Boats related to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games

N361616 June 10, 2026

The tariff classification of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices from Taiwan

H359217 June 9, 2026

Instruments of International Traffic; 19 U.S.C. § 1322(a); 19 C.F.R. § 10.41a(a)(1); Fiber-reinforced Plastic Cores, Wooden Boxes, Side Protectors.

H354915 June 5, 2026

Instruments of International Traffic; 19 U.S.C. § 1322(a); 19 C.F.R. § 10.41a(a)(1); BioKeeper.

N361483 June 3, 2026

The tariff classification and status under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) of a men’s suit-type jacket from Guatemala

N361534 June 3, 2026

The tariff classification of hearing loop drivers from the United Kingdom

N361641 June 3, 2026

The tariff classification and status under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) of a men’s suit-type jacket from Guatemala

N361684 June 2, 2026

The tariff classification and country of origin of computer server cabinets returned to the United States (U.S.)

N361407 May 27, 2026

Eligibility for duty-free treatment under Nairobi Protocol concerning toilet lifting device from Malaysia.

N361430 May 21, 2026

The tariff classification of BHV-1400 and BHV-1420 from China

H347509 May 20, 2026

Instruments of International Traffic; 19 U.S.C. § 1332(a); §§ 10.41a(a)(1), 10a(a)(2); Solotech U.S. Corporation; metal racks; dollies; tile carts.

N361461 May 19, 2026

The tariff classification of the SATYA S9 prototype from Mexico

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