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QB 25 – 201 2025 Beef

Commodity:

Beef as provided for in Chapter 2, Additional U.S. Note 3, of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS)

Quota Period:

January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025

Opening Day:

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Restraint Level:

Country Limits (KG)
Argentina (e-CERT required) 20,000,000
Australia (e-CERT required) 378,214,000
New Zealand   (e-CERT required) 213,402,000
Uruguay (e-CERT required) 20,000,000
Other countries or areas 65,005,000
Canada no limit (Use Entry type code 01)
Mexico no limit (Use Entry type code 01)

 

Imports under these provisions are subject to U.S. Trade Representative Regulations (see 15 CFR 2012).

HTS Numbers:

Low Rate

First Tariff Field

HTS Numbers
0201.10.1010
0201.10.1090
0201.20.1000
0201.20.3000 

0201.20.5015

0201.20.5025

0201.20.5035

0201.20.5045

0201.20.5065

0201.20.5075
0201.20.5091 
0201.30.1000 
0201.30.3000

0201.30.5015

0201.30.5025

0201.30.5035

0201.30.5045

0201.30.5055

0201.30.5065

0201.30.5075

0201.30.5085

0202.10.1010

0202.10.1090

0202.20.1000
0202.20.3000 

0202.20.5025

0202.20.5035

0202.20.5045

0202.20.5090

0202.30.1000
0202.30.3000 

0202.30.5015

0202.30.5025

0202.30.5035

0202.30.5045

0202.30.5055

0202.30.5065

0202.30.5075

0202.30.5085 

Reporting Instructions:

Use entry type code 02, 06, 07, 12, 23, 32, 38, or 52

Countries with No Limit are not quota entries. They are not programmed in the quota module.

Report in kilograms (kg)

Special Instructions:

All beef imports from Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay require an e-CERT certificate qualify for the in-quota tariff rate.  The importer must possess a valid e-CERT at time of entry by noting the certificate number in block 34 on the CBF 7501.  ABI filers should transmit the certificate number in the certificate field. 

An e-CERT is valid only if it is issued in the same year as the goods are entered, contains the appropriate HTS, carries a quantity equal to or greater than the amount for entry, and is exporting country and Importer of Record specific. 

Questions from the importing community regarding this electronic message should be referred through email to HQQUOTA@cbp.dhs.gov.

Last Modified: Dec 16, 2024