Section I: Live Animals; Animal Products
Chapter 01: Live animals
Chapter 01 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers Live animals and sits within Section I: Live Animals; Animal Products.
About Chapter 01
Chapter 01 contains 78 10-digit statistical lines grouped under 6 4-digit headings. Brokers, importers, and customs counsel use these codes to declare live animals on entry summaries (CBP Form 7501) and to look up the applicable Column 1, Special, and Column 2 duty rates.
General (Column 1) duty rates for ad-valorem lines in Chapter 1 range from 1.8% to 6.8%, with a median of 1.8%. About 44% of the chapter's lines (34 of 78) enter duty-free under the general rate. Special-program rates (USMCA, KORUS, GSP, AGOA, and others) and Chapter 99 overlays modify these base rates for qualifying shipments.
Every code page links into the Tandom Tariff Calculator with the HTS code prefilled, so you can compute the full landed duty for a specific shipment by entering value, country of origin, and (where relevant) material content or date of entry. Tandom's data refreshes daily from USITC HTSUS, CBP CSMS, the Federal Register, and the Department of Commerce — the same authoritative sources the trade community files against.