Harmonized Tariff Schedule

A Technical Information Bulletin
of the
Northwest Horticultural Council

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) provides the applicable tariff rates for all merchandise imported into the U.S.; it is based on the international Harmonized System, the global system of nomenclature that is used to describe most world trade in goods.

The 4-8 digit United States harmonized tariff schedule for apple, pear, cherry and other stone fruit products is:

HTS  Code

Description U.S. General Rate of Duty
Chapter 8: Edible fruit and nuts

0808

Apples, pears and quinces, fresh

 
0808.10.00 Apples Free
0808.20.00 Pears and quinces  
0808.20.20      -  April 1 to June 30 Free
0808.20.40     - Any other time 0.3˘/kg

0809

Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums (including prune plums), fresh  
0809.10.00 Apricots 0.2˘/kg
0809.20.00 Cherries Free
0809.30 Peaches, including nectarines  
0809.30.20      - June 1 - November 30 0.2˘/ kg
0809.30.40      - Any other time Free
0809.40 Plums  
0809.40.20      - January 1 - May 31 Free
0809.40.40      - Any other time 0.5˘/kg
0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter  
0811.90.80.40 Sweet cherries Free
0811.90.80.60 Tart cherries Free
0812 Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulfur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulfur water or in other preservative solutions) but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption  
812.10.00 Cherries 13.4˘/kg
0813 Mixture of nuts or dried fruits  
0813.10.00 Apricots 1.8˘/kg
0813.30.00 Apples 0.74˘/kg
0813.40.30 Cherries 10.6˘/kg
Chapter 20:  Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
2006 Vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit peel and other parts of plants preserved by sugar (drained glacé or crystallized).

 

2006.00.20 Cherries 9.9˘/kg + 6.4%
2007 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut pureé and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter   
2007.10.00 Homogenized preparations 12%
2007.99 Jam  
2007.99.20 Apricot 3.5%
2007.99.25 Cherry 4.5%
2007.99.48 Apple, quince and pear 12%
2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included  
2008.40 Pears (canned) 15.3%
2008.60 Cherries (Maraschino) 6.9˘/kg + 4.5%
2008.99.05 Apples (applesauce) 0.9˘/kg
2009 Fruit juices and vegetable juices not fortified with vitamins or minerals, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.  
2009.71 Apple juice Free
2009.80.20 Pear juice Free

5/3/06

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