US Import Duty

Special provision (chapter 99)

This is a temporary modification established pursuant to trade legislation (chapter 99, subchapter III of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule). It applies only to the goods and countries it describes, under the U.S. notes to that subchapter; unless otherwise stated, these provisions are effective until suspended or terminated. Confirm how it applies to your shipment with a licensed customs broker.

Official schedule (USITC)

In plain words

Rate: 15% on top of the normal duty of the product's own tariff line.

Origin: products of Equatorial Guinea.

Covers: 2025, and.

Summary by Fromerica of the official text shown below. The official text and the U.S. notes to chapter 99 are what apply.

HTS 9903.02.18 Except for goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 7, 2025, and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October 5, 2025, except for products described in headings 9903.01.30-9903.01.33 and 9903.02.78, and except as provided for in headings 9903.01.34 and 9903.02.01, articles the product of Equatorial Guinea, as provided for in subdivision (v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter

This tariff can't be calculated automatically — it depends on weight, quantity or other factors beyond value alone.

Official US import dutyThe duty provided in the applicable subheading + 15%
With trade agreementThe duty provided in the applicable subheading + 15%

HTS 9903.02.18 is a chapter 99 provision of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covering "Except for goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on August 7, 2025, and entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October 5, 2025, except for products described in headings 9903.01.30-9903.01.33 and 9903.02.78, and except as provided for in headings 9903.01.34 and 9903.02.01, articles the product of Equatorial Guinea, as provided for in subdivision (v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter". Chapter 99 lists temporary and special provisions that modify the normal rate of the product's own tariff line; see the note above and confirm on the official schedule of the U.S. International Trade Commission.

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Related HTS codes

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