If imported and entered during the period from April 15 to July 31, inclusive, in any year

This code covers fresh or chilled celery imported into the United States. Duty rates are typically $0.25/kg for standard trade partners, but may be free for eligible countries—and applies specifically to imports entering between April 15th and July 31st each year, as indicated by the code’s structure within Chapter 7.

Detailed information for HTS Code 0709.40.40

This tariff schedule covers edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, specifically addressing celery other than celeriac under code 0709.40.40. This code applies to other celery varieties imported between April 15th and July 31st of any year. There are two subdivisions: 0709.40.40.20 for certified organic celery and 0709.40.40.40 for all other celery; choose the appropriate suffix based on whether the celery is certified organic or not.

Chapter	Chapter 7 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Section	Section II - Vegetable Products

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General Duty

0.25¢/kg

Standard trade partners (NTR)

Special Duty

Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

Eligible FTA or preference programs

The general duty rate for HTS code 0709.40.40 is 0.25¢/kg, applying to all imports not qualifying for a special rate. Special rates are Free for goods originating from countries with eligible Free Trade Agreements or preference programs (A, AU, BH, CL, CO, D, E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM, P, PA, PE, S, SG). This special rate also applies to the subdivisions 0709.40.40.20 (Certified organic) and 0709.40.40.40 (Other). All duty assessments are reported in kilograms (kg). No other special rates or conditions are specified.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 4.4¢/kg

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Code subdivisions

0709.40.40.20

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: > Celery other than celeriac: > Other: > If imported and entered during the period from April 15 to July 31, inclusive, in any year > Certified organic

0709.40.40.40

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: > Celery other than celeriac: > Other: > If imported and entered during the period from April 15 to July 31, inclusive, in any year > Other

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Chapter & section notes

Chapter notes

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 7 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS II 7-1 Notes 1. This chapter does not cover forage products of heading 1214. 2. In headings 0709, 0710, 0711 and 0712 the word "vegetables" includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, eggplants (aubergines), sweet corn (Zea mays var.saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum (peppers) or of the genus Pimenta (e.g., allspice), fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Marjorana hortensis or Origanum marjorana). 3. Heading 0712 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 0701 to 0711, other than: (a) Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 0713); (b) Sweet corn in the forms specified in headings 1102 to 1104; (c) Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 1105); (d) Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 (heading 1106). 4. However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum (peppers) or of the genus Pimenta (e.g., allspice) are excluded from this chapter (heading 0904). 5. Heading 0711 applies to vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulfur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulfur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state. Additional U.S. Notes 1. Unless the context requires otherwise, the provisions of this chapter cover the named products whether or not reduced in size. 2. In the assessment of duty on any kind of vegetables, any foreign matter or impurities mixed therewith shall not be segregated nor shall any allowance therefor be made. 3. Articles of a kind covered by this chapter that can be used either for food or for sowing or planting (e.g., onions, onion sets, shallots, garlic, potatoes, and potato eyes) remain classified in this chapter even if rendered inedible as the result of treatment with insecticides, fungicides or similar chemicals. 4. In subheading 0701.10, the expression "seed" covers only seed potatoes which are certified by a responsible officer or agency of a foreign government in accordance with official rules and regulations to have been grown and approved especially for use as seed, in containers marked with the foreign government's official seed potato tags and imported for use as seed. 5. The aggregate quantity of olives entered under subheadings 0711.20.18 and 2005.70.06 in any calendar year shall not exceed 4,400 metric tons. Statistical Note 1. For a list of approved standards for "Certified organic", see General Statistical Note 6. 2. For the purposes of statistical reporting numbers 0702.00.2006, 0702.00.2036, 0702.00.2048, 0702.00.2081, 0702.00.4006, 0702.00.4027, 0702.00.4081, 0702.00.6006, 0702.00.6027, 0702.00.6037 and 0702.00.6081, "round" tomatoes, also commonly called "globe", "slicing" or "beefsteak" tomatoes, are round in shape and weigh as much as 0.9 kg. 3. For the purposes of statistical reporting number 0709.60.4074, the term "Of a kind for processing" refers to sweet bell-type peppers used for freezing, pickling/brining or as ingredients in other value-added products, and not intended for immediate retail sale. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II 7-2

Section notes

SECTION II VEGETABLE PRODUCTS II-1 Note 1. In this section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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