Key facts
- Currency
- US Dollar (USD)
- Customs tariff
- United States
- Live tariff lines
- 19,665
- Last updated
- 11 October 2026
Summary
Puerto Rico applies the United States customs tariff because it is in a customs union with the United States. Puerto Rico uses the US dollar (USD).
Currency and customs tariff
Puerto Rico uses the US dollar (USD).
Puerto Rico applies the United States customs tariff because it is in a customs union with the United States.
Tariff by chapter
19,665 national tariff lines of the United States are live, in 96 chapters, up to 10 digits long. Duty rates for the United States are live too.
- 01Live animals78 lines
- 02Meat and edible meat offal166 lines
- 03Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates562 lines
- 04Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included272 lines
- 05Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included38 lines
- 06Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage78 lines
- 07Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers422 lines
- 08Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons240 lines
- 09Coffee, tea, maté and spices91 lines
- 10Cereals66 lines
- 11Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten51 lines
- 12Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder167 lines
- 13Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts24 lines
- 14Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included14 lines
- 15Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes114 lines
- 16Preparations of meat, of fish, of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or of insects179 lines
- 17Sugars and sugar confectionery92 lines
- 18Cocoa and cocoa preparations91 lines
- 19Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products111 lines
- 20Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants285 lines
- 21Miscellaneous edible preparations116 lines
- 22Beverages, spirits and vinegar119 lines
- 23Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder61 lines
- 24Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body205 lines
- 25Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement101 lines
- 26Ores, slag and ash102 lines
- 27Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes141 lines
- 28Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes336 lines
- 29Organic chemicals1,227 lines
- 30Pharmaceutical products198 lines
- 31Fertilisers29 lines
- 32Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks168 lines
- 33Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations74 lines
- 34Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster48 lines
- 35Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes33 lines
- 36Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations19 lines
- 37Photographic or cinematographic goods61 lines
- 38Miscellaneous chemical products217 lines
- 39Plastics and articles thereof319 lines
- 40Rubber and articles thereof198 lines
- 41Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather176 lines
- 42Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)121 lines
- 43Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof39 lines
- 44Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal556 lines
- 45Cork and articles of cork19 lines
- 46Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork49 lines
- 47Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard26 lines
- 48Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard312 lines
- 49Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans50 lines
- 50Silk30 lines
- 51Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric124 lines
- 52Cotton525 lines
- 53Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn62 lines
- 54Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials265 lines
- 55Man-made staple fibres399 lines
- 56Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof81 lines
- 57Carpets and other textile floor coverings74 lines
- 58Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery111 lines
- 59Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use75 lines
- 60Knitted or crocheted fabrics106 lines
- 61Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted712 lines
- 62Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted1,142 lines
- 63Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags229 lines
- 64Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles391 lines
- 65Headgear and parts thereof64 lines
- 66Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof8 lines
- 67Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair13 lines
- 68Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials97 lines
- 69Ceramic products120 lines
- 70Glass and glassware280 lines
- 71Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin140 lines
- 72Iron and steel559 lines
- 73Articles of iron or steel573 lines
- 74Copper and articles thereof136 lines
- 75Nickel and articles thereof29 lines
- 76Aluminium and articles thereof124 lines
- 78Lead and articles thereof13 lines
- 79Zinc and articles thereof13 lines
- 80Tin and articles thereof13 lines
- 81Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof84 lines
- 82Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal184 lines
- 83Miscellaneous articles of base metal89 lines
- 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof1,706 lines
- 85Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles982 lines
- 86Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds37 lines
- 87Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof402 lines
- 88Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof67 lines
- 89Ships, boats and floating structures58 lines
- 90Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof411 lines
- 91Clocks and watches and parts thereof175 lines
- 92Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles63 lines
- 93Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof67 lines
- 94Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings275 lines
- 95Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof118 lines
- 96Miscellaneous manufactured articles148 lines
- 97Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques30 lines
Trade programmes and agreements
Puerto Rico has 22 trade programmes and agreements recorded: African Growth and Opportunity Act, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (some articles excluded), the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (P+), the European Union (member states), Trade Agreement Between the United States and Japan, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act and others.
African Growth and Opportunity Act D
Origins: Angola, Benin, Botswana, DR Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Senegal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia.
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act E
Origins: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands.
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (some articles excluded) E*
Origins: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands.
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement P
Origins: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador.
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (P+) P+
Origins: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador.
European Union (member states) EU
Origins: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia.
Trade Agreement Between the United States and Japan JP
Origins: Japan.
United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement AU
Origins: Australia.
United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act BH
Origins: Bahrain.
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act R
Origins: Barbados, Belize, Curaçao, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement CL
Origins: Chile.
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act CO
Origins: Colombia.
United States-Israel Free Trade Area IL
Origins: Israel.
United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act JO
Origins: Jordan.
United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act KR
Origins: South Korea.
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement S
Origins: Canada, Mexico. Proof of origin: a certification of origin.
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (S+) S+
Origins: Canada, Mexico. Proof of origin: a certification of origin.
United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act MA
Origins: Morocco.
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act OM
Origins: Oman.
United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act PA
Origins: Panama.
United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act PE
Origins: Peru.
United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement SG
Origins: Singapore.
What changed recently
The newest release on this page, the trade programmes for the United States, went live on border.bot on 9 October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What currency does Puerto Rico use for customs?
Puerto Rico uses the US dollar (USD).
Which customs tariff does Puerto Rico use?
Puerto Rico applies the United States customs tariff because it is in a customs union with the United States.
Sources and updates
The tariff lines for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.
The duty rates for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.
The trade programmes for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.
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