HTS heading
9801
Rates as published in 2026 HTS Revision 15, captured 2026-08-13. Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
Current duty rates (14 lines)
| Code | Description | General | Special | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9801.00.10 | 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 | Free | — | — |
| 9801.00.11.00 | United States Government property, returned to the United States without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any means while abroad, entered by the United States Government or a contractor to the United States Government, and certified by the importer as United States Government property | Free | — | — |
| 9801.00.20.00 | Articles, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation or which were previously free of duty pursuant to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act or Title V of the Trade Act of 1974, if (1) reimported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad, after having been exported under lease or similar use agreements, and (2) reimported by or for the account of the person who imported it into, and exported it from, the United States | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.25.00 | Articles, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation if (1) exported within three years after the date of such previous importation, (2) reimported without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad, (3) reimported for the reason that such articles do not conform to sample or specifications, and (4) reimported by or for the account of the person who imported them into, and exported them from, the United States | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.26.00 | Articles, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation, if: (1) exported within 3 years after the date of such previous importation; (2) sold for exportation and exported to individuals for personal use; (3) reimported without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad; (4) reimported as personal returns from those individuals, whether or not consolidated with other personal returns prior to reimportation; and (5) reimported by or for the account of the person who exported them from the United States within 1 year of such exportation | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.30.00 | Any aircraft engine or propeller, or any part or accessory of either, previously imported, with respect to which the duty was paid upon such previous importation, if (1) reimported without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means while abroad, after having been exported under loan, lease or rent to an aircraft owner or operator as a temporary replacement for an aircraft engine being overhauled, repaired, rebuilt or reconditioned in the United States, and (2) reimported by or for the account of the person who exported it from the United States | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.40 | Exhibition, examination or experimentation, for scientific or educational purposes | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.50 | Exhibition in connection with any circus or menagerie | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.60 | Exhibition or use at any public exposition, fair or conference | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.65 | Rendition of geophysical or contracting services in connection with the exploration for, or the extraction or development of, natural resources | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.70.00 | Aircraft exported from the United States with benefit of drawback or heading 9813.00.05 | A duty equal to the duty upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation, and (b) the duty which would have been payable on any articles used in the manufacture or production of such aircraft had they not been entered and exported under heading 9813.00.05 | Free (AU,BH, CL,CO,IL,JO, KR,MA,OM, P,PA,PE,S,SG) | A duty equal to the duty upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation, and (b) the duty which would have been payable on any articles used in the manufacture or production of such aircraft had they not been entered and exported under heading 9813.00.05 |
| 9801.00.80 | Other, except articles excluded by U.S. note 1(c) of this subchapter | A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported | Free (AU,BH, CL,CO,IL,JO, KR,MA, OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG) | A duty (in lieu of any other duty or tax) equal to the sum of any duty and internal- revenue tax imposed upon the importation of like articles not previously exported, but in no case in excess of the sum of (a) any customs drawback proved to have been allowed upon such exportation of the article, and (b) any internal- revenue tax imposed, at the time such article is entered, upon the importation of like articles not previously exported |
| 9801.00.85.00 | Professional books, implements, instruments, and tools of trade, occupation, or employment, when returned to the United States after having been exported for use temporarily abroad, if imported by or for the account of the person who exported such items | Free | — | Free |
| 9801.00.90.00 | Animals, domesticated, straying across the boundary line into any foreign country, or driven across such boundary line by the owner for temporary pasturage purpose only, together with their offspring; all the foregoing if brought back to the United States within 8 months | Free | — | Free |
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