# HTS 9816: Articles for personal or household use, or as bona fide gifts, not imported for the account of another person, valued in the aggregate at not over $1,000 fair retail value in the country of acquisition, if the person claiming the benefit of subheading 9816.00.20 or 9816.00.40, or both, has not received the benefits thereof within the 30 days immediately preceding his arrival: > Accompanying a person, arriving in the United States (exclusive of duty-free articles and articles acquired in American Samoa, Guam or the Virgin Islands of the United States)

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Source: [2026 HTS Revision 21 (October 9, 2026)](https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=9816). Additional duties by country of origin may apply; estimate a shipment's full duty with the tariff calculator: https://geopax.app/tariffs/calculator

## 9816: Articles for personal or household use, or as bona fide gifts, not imported for the account of another person, valued in the aggregate at not over $1,000 fair retail value in the country of acquisition, if the person claiming the benefit of subheading 9816.00.20 or 9816.00.40, or both, has not received the benefits thereof within the 30 days immediately preceding his arrival: > Accompanying a person, arriving in the United States (exclusive of duty-free articles and articles acquired in American Samoa, Guam or the Virgin Islands of the United States)

| Code | Description | General | Special | Column 2 | Units |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9816.00.20 |   Accompanying a person, arriving in the United States (exclusive of duty-free articles and articles acquired in American Samoa, Guam or the Virgin Islands of the United States) | 3 percent of the fair retail value | Free (BH,CL,CO,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG) | 4 percent of the fair retail value |  |
| 9816.00.40 |   Imported by or for the account of a person (whether or not accompanying him) arriving directly or indirectly from American Samoa, Guam or the Virgin Islands of the United States, acquired in such insular possessions as an incident of such person's physical presence | 1.5 percent of the fair retail value | Free (BH,CL, CO,IL,JO,KR,MA,S,SG) | 2 percent of the fair retail value |  |
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