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220 HTS Subheadings
Chapters 16–24
Section IV — Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Tobacco — 2026 US Import Tariff Guide
Data sourced from USITC 2026 Harmonized Tariff Schedule · Last verified May 31, 2026
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Section IV = Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Tobacco
Chapters: 16–24 · 220 HTS subheadings · Duty rates: See individual code pages
About This Section
Section IV is the largest food-related section, covering all prepared and processed foodstuffs across Chapters 16 through 24. This includes prepared meats, sugar confectionery, cocoa products, cereal preparations, fruit and vegetable preserves, miscellaneous edible preparations, beverages and spirits, and tobacco products. Importers face complex regulatory requirements: FDA prior notice, food facility registration, FSMA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP), and TTB label approval for alcoholic beverages. Duty rates vary widely — from duty-free on many sugar products under TRQs to 25%+ on certain tobacco products. Section 301 tariffs may apply to Chinese-origin processed foods.
This section contains 220 six-digit HTS subheadings across Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. Click any subheading below to view complete tariff rates, FTA preferences, and detailed import guidance.
All HTS Subheadings in Section IV — Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Tobacco
Browse all 220 six-digit subheadings in this section. Each page includes General, Special (FTA), and Column 2 duty rates sourced from official USITC 2026 Revision 9 data.
| HTS Code | Description | Sub-codes |
|---|---|---|
160100 |
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products: | 10 |
160210 |
Homogenized preparations: | 4 |
160220 |
Of liver of any animal: | 2 |
160231 |
Of turkeys | 3 |
160232 |
Of chickens | 4 |
160239 |
Other | 4 |
160241 |
Hams and cuts thereof: | 5 |
160242 |
Shoulders and cuts thereof: | 4 |
160249 |
Other, including mixtures: | 5 |
160250 |
Of bovine animals : | 12 |
160290 |
Other, including preparations of blood of any animal: | 4 |
160300 |
Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates: | 4 |
160411 |
Salmon: | 10 |
160412 |
Herrings: | 7 |
160413 |
Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats: | 5 |
160414 |
Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.): | 18 |
160415 |
Mackerel | 1 |
160416 |
Anchovies: | 3 |
160417 |
Eels: | 5 |
160418 |
Shark fins: | 2 |
160419 |
Other (including yellowtail): | 8 |
160420 |
Other prepared or preserved fish: | 15 |
160431 |
Caviar | 1 |
160432 |
Caviar substitutes: | 2 |
160510 |
Crab: | 23 |
160521 |
Not in airtight containers: | 5 |
160529 |
Other: | 4 |
160530 |
Lobster: | 8 |
160540 |
Other crustaceans: | 4 |
160551 |
Oysters: | 3 |
160552 |
Scallops, including queen scallops: | 2 |
160553 |
Mussels: | 2 |
160554 |
Cuttle fish and squid: | 5 |
160555 |
Octopus: | 2 |
160556 |
Clams, cockles and arkshells: | 6 |
160557 |
Abalone: | 2 |
160558 |
Snails, other than sea snails: | 2 |
160559 |
Other: | 2 |
160561 |
Sea cucumbers | 1 |
160562 |
Sea urchins | 1 |
160563 |
Jellyfish | 1 |
160569 |
Other | 1 |
170112 |
Beet sugar: | 3 |
170113 |
Cane sugar specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter: | 4 |
170114 |
Other cane sugar: | 6 |
170191 |
Containing added flavoring or coloring matter: | 10 |
170199 |
Other: | 11 |
170211 |
Containing by weight 99 percent or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter | 1 |
170219 |
Other | 1 |
170220 |
Maple sugar and maple syrup: | 15 |
170230 |
Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 percent by weight of fructose: | 8 |
170240 |
Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20 percent but less than 50 percent by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar: | 4 |
170250 |
Chemically pure fructose | 1 |
170260 |
Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 percent by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar: | 7 |
170290 |
Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 percent by weight of fructose: | 11 |
170310 |
Cane molasses: | 2 |
170390 |
Other: | 2 |
170410 |
Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated | 1 |
170490 |
Other: | 14 |
180100 |
Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted | 3 |
180200 |
Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste | 1 |
180310 |
Not defatted | 1 |
180320 |
Wholly or partly defatted | 1 |
180400 |
Cocoa butter, fat and oil | 1 |
180500 |
Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 1 |
180610 |
Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: | 13 |
180620 |
Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars, weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg: | 30 |
180631 |
Filled | 4 |
180632 |
Not filled: | 13 |
180690 |
Other: | 20 |
190110 |
Preparations suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale: | 22 |
190120 |
Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905: | 16 |
190190 |
Other: | 24 |
190211 |
Containing eggs: | 6 |
190219 |
Other: | 6 |
190220 |
Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared | 4 |
190230 |
Other pasta | 4 |
190240 |
Couscous | 1 |
190300 |
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms: | 2 |
190410 |
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products | 3 |
190420 |
Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals: | 2 |
190430 |
Bulgur wheat | 1 |
190490 |
Other | 3 |
190510 |
Crispbread | 1 |
190520 |
Gingerbread and the like | 1 |
190531 |
Sweet biscuits | 5 |
190532 |
Waffles and wafers | 5 |
190540 |
Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products | 1 |
190590 |
Other: | 10 |
200110 |
Cucumbers including gherkins | 1 |
200190 |
Other: | 13 |
200210 |
Tomatoes, whole or in pieces | 3 |
200290 |
Other: | 7 |
200310 |
Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus | 7 |
200390 |
Other: | 4 |
200410 |
Potatoes: | 4 |
200490 |
Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: | 10 |
200510 |
Homogenized vegetables | 1 |
200520 |
Potatoes | 4 |
200540 |
Peas (Pisum sativum) | 1 |
200551 |
Beans, shelled: | 6 |
200559 |
Other | 1 |
200560 |
Asparagus | 1 |
200570 |
Olives: | 39 |
200580 |
Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) | 1 |
200591 |
Bamboo Shoots: | 2 |
200599 |
Other: | 15 |
200600 |
Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallized): | 7 |
200710 |
Homogenized preparations | 1 |
200791 |
Citrus fruit: | 3 |
200799 |
Other: | 21 |
200811 |
Peanuts (ground-nuts): | 6 |
200819 |
Other, including mixtures: | 15 |
200820 |
Pineapples | 3 |
200830 |
Citrus fruit: | 18 |
200840 |
Pears | 3 |
200850 |
Apricots: | 2 |
200860 |
Cherries | 4 |
200870 |
Peaches, including nectarines: | 6 |
200880 |
Strawberries | 1 |
200891 |
Palm hearts | 1 |
200893 |
Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos); lingonberries (Vaccinium, vitis-idaea) | 1 |
200897 |
Mixtures: | 10 |
200899 |
Other: | 35 |
200911 |
Frozen | 4 |
200912 |
Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20: | 2 |
200919 |
Other | 1 |
200921 |
Of a Brix value not exceeding 20: | 4 |
200929 |
Other | 3 |
200931 |
Of a Brix value not exceeding 20: | 11 |
200939 |
Other: | 6 |
200941 |
Of a Brix value not exceeding 20: | 4 |
200949 |
Other: | 4 |
200950 |
Tomato juice | 3 |
200961 |
Of a Brix value not exceeding 30 | 4 |
200969 |
Other | 3 |
200971 |
Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 | 1 |
200979 |
Other | 5 |
200981 |
Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos) juice; lingonberry (Vaccinium, vitis-idaea) juice | 1 |
200989 |
Other: | 19 |
200990 |
Mixtures of juices: | 2 |
210111 |
Extracts, essences and concentrates: | 8 |
210112 |
Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee: | 8 |
210120 |
Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté: | 11 |
210130 |
Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof | 1 |
210210 |
Active yeasts | 1 |
210220 |
Inactive yeasts; other single-cell microorganisms, dead: | 3 |
210230 |
Prepared baking powders | 1 |
210310 |
Soy sauce | 1 |
210320 |
Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces: | 4 |
210330 |
Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard: | 2 |
210390 |
Other: | 12 |
210410 |
Soups and broths and preparations therefor | 4 |
210420 |
Homogenized composite food preparations: | 2 |
210500 |
Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa: | 7 |
210610 |
Protein concentrates and textured protein substances | 1 |
210690 |
Other: | 58 |
220110 |
Mineral waters and aerated waters | 1 |
220190 |
Other | 1 |
220210 |
Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavored | 6 |
220291 |
Non-alcoholic beer | 3 |
220299 |
Other: | 13 |
220300 |
Beer made from malt | 4 |
220410 |
Sparkling wine | 4 |
220421 |
In containers holding 2 liters or less: | 16 |
220422 |
In containers holding more than 2 liters but not more than 10 liters: | 10 |
220429 |
Other: | 2 |
220430 |
Other grape must | 1 |
220510 |
In containers holding 2 liters or less: | 2 |
220590 |
Other: | 3 |
220600 |
Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, sakè); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included: | 11 |
220710 |
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 percent vol. or higher: | 4 |
220720 |
Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength | 3 |
220820 |
Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc (grape brandy): | 6 |
220830 |
Whiskies: | 10 |
220840 |
Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products: | 4 |
220850 |
Gin and Geneve | 3 |
220860 |
Vodka: | 3 |
220870 |
Liqueurs and cordials | 3 |
220890 |
Other: | 22 |
220900 |
Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid | 1 |
230110 |
Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal; greaves (cracklings) | 1 |
230120 |
Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | 3 |
230210 |
Of corn (maize) | 1 |
230230 |
Of wheat | 3 |
230240 |
Of other cereals | 5 |
230250 |
Of leguminous plants | 1 |
230310 |
Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues | 4 |
230320 |
Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture | 3 |
230330 |
Brewing or distilling dregs and waste | 1 |
230400 |
Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soybean oil | 3 |
230500 |
Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of peanut (ground-nut) oil | 1 |
230610 |
Of cotton seeds | 1 |
230620 |
Of linseed | 1 |
230630 |
Of sunflower seeds | 1 |
230641 |
Of low euricic acid rape or colza seeds | 1 |
230649 |
Other | 1 |
230650 |
Of coconut or copra | 1 |
230660 |
Of palm nuts or kernels | 1 |
230690 |
Other | 4 |
230700 |
Wine lees; argol | 1 |
230800 |
Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and byproducts, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included: | 6 |
230910 |
Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale | 3 |
230990 |
Other: | 30 |
240110 |
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped: | 33 |
240120 |
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped: | 66 |
240130 |
Tobacco refuse: | 62 |
240210 |
Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco: | 8 |
240220 |
Cigarettes containing tobacco: | 3 |
240290 |
Other | 1 |
240311 |
Water pipe tobacco, specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter | 1 |
240319 |
Other: | 19 |
240391 |
"Homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco: | 16 |
240399 |
Other: | 19 |
240411 |
Containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco | 1 |
240412 |
Other, containing nicotine: | 7 |
240419 |
Other: | 7 |
240491 |
For oral application | 1 |
240492 |
For transdermal application | 1 |
240499 |
Other | 1 |
Chapter Overview
Section IV — Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Tobacco covers Chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The HTS is organized into 21 sections and 97 chapters, with each chapter covering a distinct category of goods. Within this section, there are 220 six-digit subheadings, each potentially containing multiple 8-digit and 10-digit statistical suffixes that specify the exact duty rate applicable to your product.
Importers should pay particular attention to the Chapter Notes at the beginning of each chapter, as these notes define the scope of the chapter and may exclude certain products or provide special classification rules that override the General Rules of Interpretation (GRI).