# HS Code & Import Duty API: UK Tariff and US HTS Rates (`tudorlane/hs-tariff-code`) Actor

Find HS/commodity codes from a product description and get import duty rates: UK third-country duty, VAT and preferential rate by origin country, plus US HTS general and special rates.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tudorlane/hs-tariff-code.md
- **Developed by:** [Tudor Lane](https://apify.com/tudorlane) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 tariff lookups

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## HS Code & Import Duty API: UK Tariff and US HTS Rates

**Use when:** a cross-border e-commerce, customs or logistics agent needs a commodity code and import duty for a product: UK 10-digit commodity code with third-country duty, import VAT and the preferential rate for an origin country, plus US HTS general, special and column 2 rates.

**Try this input**

```json
{"requests": [{"q": "ceramic coffee mug", "origin": "CN"}, {"code": "6109100010", "origin": "VN"}, {"q": "lithium ion battery", "markets": ["US"]}]}
```

**Sample output** (one item, shortened)

```json
{"query": "6109100010", "origin": "VN",
 "uk": [{"code": "6109100010", "description": "T-shirts", "declarable": true, "uk_third_country_duty": "12.00%", "uk_vat": "0.00%",
         "uk_preferential": {"rate": "0.00%", "area": "CPTPP All Members", "note": "Needs proof of origin under the trade agreement or scheme."}}],
 "us": [{"hts": "6109.10.00", "description": "Of cotton", "general_rate": "16.5%", "special_rate": "Free (AU,BH,CL,...)", "column2_rate": "90%"}, "..."],
 "best_hs6": "610910", "error": null}
```

Each item is a code (4 to 10 digits) or a text query `q`, with optional `origin` (ISO country), `markets` (`["UK","US"]`) and `limit`. `best_hs6` gives the 6-digit HS code shared by the UK and US results. Up to 500 items per run.

**Pricing:** pay per event, **$0.003 per tariff lookup**. Rows with errors are not charged.

### Limits & failure modes

- Text search maps common product words (mug, laptop, smartphone, battery, t-shirt, shoes, chair and ~120 more, with material hints like ceramic/porcelain/cotton) to HS codes, then falls back to the UK Trade Tariff search. Unusual or vague descriptions can still give a loose match or none: check the description, or look up by code when you have one.
- Indicative only. Binding classification comes from HMRC (Advance Tariff Ruling) or US CBP. Extra duties (anti-dumping, quotas, US Section 301/IEEPA) are not included.
- Sources: UK Trade Tariff API (Open Government Licence v3.0) and USITC HTS (public domain).

Last tested: 29 Oct 2026.

### Use from AI agents (MCP)

- **Apify MCP server:** add `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tudorlane/hs-tariff-code` to Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, VS Code or any MCP client.
- **REST:** `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tudorlane~hs-tariff-code/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN` with the input JSON.

# Actor input Schema

## `requests` (type: `array`):

Each item: {"q": "cotton t-shirt"} or {"code": "6109100010"}, optional "origin": "VN", "markets": \["UK","US"], "limit": 5. Max 500. Errors are not charged.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "requests": [
    {
      "q": "cotton t-shirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "6109100010",
      "origin": "VN"
    },
    {
      "q": "lithium ion battery",
      "markets": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per request.

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "requests": [
        {
            "q": "cotton t-shirt"
        },
        {
            "code": "6109100010",
            "origin": "VN"
        },
        {
            "q": "lithium ion battery",
            "markets": [
                "US"
            ]
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tudorlane/hs-tariff-code").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "requests": [
        { "q": "cotton t-shirt" },
        {
            "code": "6109100010",
            "origin": "VN",
        },
        {
            "q": "lithium ion battery",
            "markets": ["US"],
        },
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tudorlane/hs-tariff-code").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "requests": [
    {
      "q": "cotton t-shirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "6109100010",
      "origin": "VN"
    },
    {
      "q": "lithium ion battery",
      "markets": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call tudorlane/hs-tariff-code --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tudorlane/hs-tariff-code"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4s5GxafJBmazGbBUN/builds/yZ1H4E3PBcqZ7HkPM/openapi.json