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  "summary": "Honey is usually classified under HS code 0409.00 when it is natural honey. It sits in heading 04.09, “Natural honey”.",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-11",
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      "label": "Most likely code",
      "value": "0409.00",
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      "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/040900"
    },
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      "label": "Chapter",
      "value": "04: Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included",
      "source": null,
      "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/04"
    },
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      "label": "Candidate codes",
      "value": "1",
      "source": null
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    {
      "label": "HS edition",
      "value": "HS2022",
      "source": null
    }
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    {
      "question": "What is the HS code for honey?",
      "answer": "Honey is usually classified under HS code 0409.00 when it is natural honey. It sits in heading 04.09, “Natural honey”."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does the type of honey change the HS code for honey?",
      "answer": "Yes. Use 0409.00 when it is natural honey. Use 1702.90 when it is artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey."
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      "id": "choose",
      "title": "How to choose the right code",
      "text": [
        "Is it natural honey, or artificial honey? Use 0409.00 when it is natural honey. Use 1702.90 when it is artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey.",
        "Some similar goods are classified elsewhere: 1702.90 applies when it is artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey."
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    },
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      "id": "codes",
      "title": "Codes for honey",
      "text": [
        "Each code is listed with its legal text from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, quoted as published, and the condition under which it applies to honey."
      ]
    },
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      "id": "similar",
      "title": "Similar products",
      "text": [
        "Products in the same category as honey, or classified under the same headings."
      ]
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      "id": "countries",
      "title": "Duty rates by country",
      "text": [
        "National tariff lines for honey are live for the United States. Each page lists the lines under the codes above, with their duty rates where they are live."
      ]
    },
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      "id": "check",
      "title": "Check your exact product",
      "text": [
        "Describe your product, or paste its page, and the classifier suggests the code with its reasons."
      ]
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    {
      "id": "note",
      "title": "Classification depends on the exact product",
      "text": [
        "The right code depends on what the product is made of, how it is made and what it is for, so two products sold as honey can fall under different codes.",
        "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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      "id": "sources",
      "title": "Sources and updates",
      "text": [
        "The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The conditions and questions on this page were written for honey by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again."
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        "raw honey",
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        "legalText": "Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state 50 % by weight of fructose",
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