Our USPS service from the UK to the USA is a duty-paid service. Duties and taxes will be calculated at the time of despatch according to the values and commodity codes of the shipment contents.
A commodity code, or HS code is a 6-digit number (or more). USPS has restrictions on a number of commodities.
USPS Prohibited Commodity Codes
| Prohibited Commodity Codes | Description |
|---|---|
| 01 - all | Live animals |
| 02 -all | Meat and offal |
| 03 - all | Fish and Crustaceans |
| 04 - all | Dairy produce, eggs, natural honey etc |
| 05 - all | Other product of animal origin |
| 06 - all | Live trees |
| 07 - all | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |
| 08 - all | Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons |
| 09 - all | Coffee, tea, maté and spices |
| 10 - all | Cereals |
| 11 - all | Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten |
| 12 - all | Seeds and fruits |
| 13 - all | Gums and resins |
| 14 - all | Vegetable plaiting materials/vegetable products |
| 15 - all | Animal or vegetable fats and oils |
| 16 - all | Preparations of meat/fish |
| 17 - all | Sugars and sugar confectionery |
| 18 - all | Cocoa |
| 19 - all | Preparations of cereals |
| 20 - all | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts etc |
| 21 - all | Miscellaneous edible preparations |
| 22 - all | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
| 23 - all | Pet food |
| 24 - all | Tobacco and tobacco substitutes |
| 25 - all | Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement |
| 26 - all | Ores, slag and ash |
| 27 - all | Mineral fuels, oils and waxs |
| 28 - all | Inorganic chemicals |
| 29 - all | Organic chemicals |
| 30 - all | Pharmaceutical products |
| 36 - all | Explosives |
| 93 - all | Arms and ammunition |
| 4103.20 | Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather > of reptiles |
| 9001.3 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9001.4 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9001.5 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9001.90.4 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9003 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9004 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9018 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9019 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9020 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9021 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
| 9022 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, medical or surgical instruments |
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