HTS 9818Equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials to be used, or the expenses of repairs made in a foreign country upon, a vessel described in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter: > Any equipment, or any part of equipment, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials employed in, or the expense of repairs made in a foreign country with respect to, a LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) barge utilized as a cargo container, upon first arrival of such barge in any port of the United States

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Code	Description	General	Special	Column 2	Units
9818.00.01.00	9818.00.01.00Any equipment, or any part of equipment, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials employed in, or the expense of repairs made in a foreign country with respect to, a LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) barge utilized as a cargo container, upon first arrival of such barge in any port of the United StatesGeneral Free · Column 2 50 percent of the cost of such goods or repairs · kg	Free		50 percent of the cost of such goods or repairs	kg
9818.00.03.00	9818.00.03.00Spare repair parts or materials (other than nets or nettings) which the owner or master of a vessel certifies are intended for use aboard a cargo vessel, for installation or use on such vessel, as needed, in the United States, at sea, or in a foreign country, but only if duty is or has been paid under this schedule upon first entry into the United States of each such spare part or material purchased in, or imported from, a foreign countryGeneral Free · Column 2 50 percent of the cost of such parts or materials · kg	Free		50 percent of the cost of such parts or materials	kg
9818.00.05.00	9818.00.05.00Spare parts necessarily installed before first entry into the United States, upon first entry into the United States of each such spare part purchased in, or imported from, a foreign countryGeneral The rate applicable in the absence of this subheading on the cost of such parts · Special Free (AU,BH,C,CL,CO,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 50 percent of the cost of such parts	The rate applicable in the absence of this subheading on the cost of such parts	Free (AU,BH,C,CL,CO,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	50 percent of the cost of such parts
9818.00.07.00	9818.00.07.00Other, upon first arrival in any port of the United States of any vessel described in U.S. note 1 to this subchapterGeneral 50 percent of the cost of such goods or repairs · Special Free (AU,BH,C,CL,CO,E,IL, JO,KR,MA, OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) · Column 2 50 percent of the cost of such goods or repairs · kg	50 percent of the cost of such goods or repairs	Free (AU,BH,C,CL,CO,E,IL, JO,KR,MA, OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	50 percent of the cost of such goods or repairs	kg
	Articles imported from a designated beneficiary sub-Saharan African country enumerated in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter

2026 HTS Revision 21 (October 9, 2026)