U.S. import tariffs · chapter 27

Chapter 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and their distillation products

The 16 headings of chapter 27 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Open a heading to see every tariff line with its general duty rate, then a code for the landed cost calculator and rate alerts.

Headings in chapter 27

  • 2701Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal (4 lines)
  • 2702Lignite, whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet (2 lines)
  • 2703Peat (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated (1 line)
  • 2704Coke and semicoke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon (1 line)
  • 2705Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons (1 line)
  • 2706Tar distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars (1 line)
  • 2707Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the nonaromatic constituents (13 lines)
  • 2708Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars (2 lines)
  • 2709Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude (2 lines)
  • 2710Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 percent or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils (30 lines)
  • 2711Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons (7 lines)
  • 2712Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not colored (4 lines)
  • 2713Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals (4 lines)
  • 2714Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks (2 lines)
  • 2715Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs) (1 line)
  • 2716Electrical energy (1 line)

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, refreshed daily. Chapter names are common short names; heading names are the official text. General (column 1) rates only: additional chapter 99 duties, antidumping or countervailing duties may apply depending on the country of origin. Information only, not legal or customs advice; U.S. Customs and Border Protection decides the classification and the duty.

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