# Chapter 45: Cork and articles of cork

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Source: [2026 HTS Revision 20 (September 28, 2026)](https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=0100&to=9999&format=JSON&styles=false). Published rates as of 2026-10-09; additional duties and eligibility rules may apply. Estimate a shipment's full duty with the tariff calculator: https://geopax.app/tariffs/calculator

## 4501: Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork:

| Code | Description | General | Special | Column 2 | Units |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4501 | Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork: |  |  |  |  |
| 4501.10.00.00 |   Natural cork, raw or simply prepared | Free |  | Free | kg |
| 4501.90 |   Other: |  |  |  |  |
| 4501.90.20.00 |     Waste cork | Free |  | Free | kg |
| 4501.90.40.00 |     Crushed, granulated or ground cork | Free |  | 6.6¢/kg | kg |

## 4502: HTS 4502

| Code | Description | General | Special | Column 2 | Units |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4502.00.00.00 | Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) | Free |  | 22¢/kg | kg |

## 4503: Articles of natural cork:

| Code | Description | General | Special | Column 2 | Units |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4503 | Articles of natural cork: |  |  |  |  |
| 4503.10 |   Corks and stoppers: |  |  |  |  |
|  |     Tapered and of a thickness (or length) greater than the maximum diameter: |  |  |  |  |
| 4503.10.20.00 |       With maximum diameter not over 19 mm | Free |  | 68¢/kg | kg |
|  |       Other: |  |  |  |  |
| 4503.10.30.00 |         Wholly of cork, of a thickness (or length) greater than the maximum diameter | Free |  | 55¢/kg | kg |
| 4503.10.40.00 |         Other | Free |  | 55¢/kg | kg |
| 4503.10.60.00 |     Other | Free |  | 55¢/kg | kg |
| 4503.90 |   Other: |  |  |  |  |
| 4503.90.20.00 |     Disks, wafers and washers | Free |  | 55¢/kg | kg |
| 4503.90.40.00 |     Wallcoverings, backed with paper or otherwise reinforced | Free |  | 3.3¢/kg + 20% | kg |
| 4503.90.60.00 |     Other | 14% | Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) | 45% | kg |

## 4504: Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork:

| Code | Description | General | Special | Column 2 | Units |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4504 | Agglomerated cork (with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork: |  |  |  |  |
| 4504.10 |   Blocks, plates, sheets and strip; tiles of any shape; solid cylinders, including disks: |  |  |  |  |
| 4504.10.10.00 |     Vulcanized sheets and slabs wholly of ground or pulverized cork and rubber | Free |  | 25% | kg |
| 4504.10.20.00 |     Insulation, coated or not coated, of compressed cork | Free |  | Free | m3, kg |
| 4504.10.30.00 |     Floor coverings | Free |  | 22¢/kg | kg |
| 4504.10.40.00 |     Wallcoverings, backed with paper or otherwise reinforced | Free |  | 3.3¢/kg + 20% | kg |
|  |     Corks, stoppers, disks, wafers and washers: |  |  |  |  |
| 4504.10.45.00 |       Stoppers, not tapered, wholly of cork, of a thickness (or length) greater than the maximum diameter | Free |  | 55¢/kg | kg |
| 4504.10.47.00 |       Other | Free |  | 55¢/kg | kg |
| 4504.10.50.00 |     Other | Free |  | 45% | kg |
| 4504.90.00.00 |   Other | Free |  | 45% | kg |