Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Chapter 45: Cork
HTS Chapter 45 covers cork imported into the United States. Use this page to review tariff classifications, MFN duty rates, and special program rates by code.
HTS Codes in Chapter 45
26 codes| Code | Description | General Rate | Special Rate | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4501 | Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork: | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4501.10.00.00 | Natural cork, raw or simply prepared | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4501.90 | Other: | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4501.90.20.00 | Waste cork | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4501.90.40.00 | Crushed, granulated or ground cork | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4502.00.00.00 | Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503 | Articles of natural cork: | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.10 | Corks and stoppers: | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.10.20.00 | With maximum diameter not over 19 mm | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.10.30.00 | Wholly of cork, of a thickness (or length) greater than the maximum diameter | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.10.40.00 | Other | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.10.60.00 | Other | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.90 | Other: | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.90.20.00 | Disks, wafers and washers | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.90.40.00 | Wallcoverings, backed with paper or otherwise reinforced | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4503.90.60.00 | Other | 14% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | Section 301 |
| 4504 | Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork: | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10 | Blocks, plates, sheets and strip; tiles of any shape; solid cylinders, including disks: | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10.10.00 | Vulcanized sheets and slabs wholly of ground or pulverized cork and rubber | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10.20.00 | Insulation, coated or not coated, of compressed cork | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10.30.00 | Floor coverings | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10.40.00 | Wallcoverings, backed with paper or otherwise reinforced | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10.45.00 | Stoppers, not tapered, wholly of cork, of a thickness (or length) greater than the maximum diameter | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10.47.00 | Other | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.10.50.00 | Other | Free | - | Section 301 |
| 4504.90.00.00 | Other | Free | - | Section 301 |
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