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  "summary": "HS heading 09.04 covers pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta. It is in chapter 09 (coffee, tea, maté and spices). It is split into 4 subheadings: 0904.11 (pepper, neither crushed nor ground), 0904.12 (pepper, crushed or ground), 0904.21 (fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground) and 0904.22 (fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or ground). National tariff lines under heading 09.04 are live on border.bot for the United States (14 lines, also used by 1 other country).",
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    {
      "question": "What does HS heading 09.04 cover?",
      "answer": "HS heading 09.04 covers pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which chapter is HS heading 09.04 in?",
      "answer": "HS heading 09.04 is in chapter 09 (coffee, tea, maté and spices)."
    },
    {
      "question": "How many subheadings does HS heading 09.04 have?",
      "answer": "HS heading 09.04 has 4 subheadings: 0904.11 (pepper, neither crushed nor ground), 0904.12 (pepper, crushed or ground), 0904.21 (fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground) and 0904.22 (fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or ground)."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 09.04?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under heading 09.04 are live on border.bot for the United States (14 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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        "HS heading 09.04 covers pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta.",
        "It is split into 4 subheadings: 0904.11 (pepper, neither crushed nor ground), 0904.12 (pepper, crushed or ground), 0904.21 (fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground) and 0904.22 (fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or ground)."
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    {
      "id": "not-covered",
      "title": "What it doesn’t cover",
      "text": [
        "Other goods of chapter 09 are classified in its other 9 headings, listed below."
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      "text": [
        "Heading 09.04 is one of 10 headings in chapter 09. Its first two digits, 09, are the chapter; the next two, 04, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (0904.11, 0904.12, 0904.21)."
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      "id": "other-countries",
      "title": "In other countries",
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        "National tariff lines under heading 09.04 are live on border.bot for the United States (14 lines, also used by 1 other country)."
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      "text": [
        "The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 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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