10%
HTS code 2936.90.01.10 · Vitamins · origin China · data as of 2026-09-22
A shipment of vitamins entering the United States from China is classified under HTS code 2936.90.01.10 and pays 10% total import duty on its customs value. That is the 0% normal (MFN) rate plus IEEPA country programme, which is a separate heading in Chapter 99 of the tariff schedule. The duty is worked out on the customs value of the goods, which is normally what you paid for them; freight, insurance, customs brokerage and any merchandise processing fee come on top and are not included in the figure above.
| Layer | Heading | Rate | As the schedule words it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General) | 2936.90.01.10 | 0% | Free |
| IEEPA country programme | 9903.01.24 | 10% | The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 10% |
| Total | 10% | ||
2936.90.01.10.The normal duty is the column 1-General rate the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sets for this code. Every country the United States trades with normally pays it unless a trade agreement or a preference programme says otherwise.
The IEEPA duty is a country programme added under emergency economic powers. It is charged on top of the normal rate and is keyed to the country of origin, not to the product.
Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent: > Other, including provitamins and natural concentrates > Provitamins
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