What is the UK commodity code and import duty for cotton T-shirts from China?

Answered byTariff Code & Duty Lookup API: US HTS and UK Tariff

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Cotton T-shirts are classified under heading 6109 of the UK Global Tariff (HMRC Trade Tariff). With market UK and originCountry CN the tool returns candidate 10-digit commodity codes with the third-country duty, any preference or additional duty for that origin, and VAT. UK lookups need HMRC API credentials on our side; US lookups work today.

Tool input

{
  "query": "cotton t-shirt",
  "market": "UK",
  "originCountry": "CN"
}

Ask it from an AI agent (MCP)

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Then ask:

Use the bosco_labs/tariff-lookup tool to answer: What is the UK commodity code and import duty for cotton T-shirts from China?

Call the Apify API

Runs the Actor and returns the rows in one request, billed to your Apify account ($0.005 per lookup or search).

curl https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bosco_labs~tariff-lookup/run-sync-get-dataset-items \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "cotton t-shirt", "market": "UK", "originCountry": "CN"}'

Call the Bosco Labs HTTP API

Bosco Labs HTTP API (beta): same input and rows, $0.005 per code lookup or code search (US or UK) from prepaid credits. Get a key with a $0.50 free trial, or send the same call without a key and pay per call in USDC via x402 (no account).

curl https://api.boscolabs.dev/v1/tariff-lookup \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOSCO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "cotton t-shirt", "market": "UK", "originCountry": "CN"}'

Example output

Example output from the tool's documentation (not a run of this exact question).

{
  "schema_version": "1",
  "match_type": "code",
  "query": null,
  "candidate_rank": null,
  "market": "US",
  "code": "87120015",
  "code_formatted": "8712.00.15",
  "description": "Bicycles having both wheels not exceeding 63.5 cm in diameter",
  "hierarchy": [
    { "code": "8712.00", "description": "Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorized:" },
    { "code": "8712.00.15", "description": "Bicycles having both wheels not exceeding 63.5 cm in diameter" }
  ],
  "declarable": null,
  "general_rate": "11%",
  "rate_line": "8712.00.15",
  "column_2_rate": "30%",
  "special_rates_text": "Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG) 5.5% (JP)",
  "preferential_rates": [
    { "rate": "Free", "applies_to": ["A+", "AU", "BH", "CL", "CO", "D", "E", "IL", "JO", "KR", "MA", "OM", "P", "PA", "PE", "S", "SG"] },
    { "rate": "5.5%", "applies_to": ["JP"] }
  ],
  "preferential_rates_total": 2,
  "additional_duties": [],
  "temporary_reductions": [
    {
      "reference": "9902.17.07",
      "rate": "Free",
      "description": "Bicycles each with no seat, no seat tube and no seat stay, designed to be pedaled by a user in a standing position only, such bicycles having both wheels not exceeding 63.5 cm in diameter (provided for in subheading 8712.00.15)."
    }
  ],
  "vat": [],
  "units": [],
  "origin_country": null,
  "edition": "2026 HTS Revision 22",
  "source_url": "https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=8712.00.15",
  "provided_by": "Bosco Labs (boscolabs.dev)",
  "api_url": "https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=8712&to=8712.99.99.99&format=JSON",
  "attribution": "Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), U.S. International Trade Commission, hts.usitc.gov. A U.S. Government work, not covered by copyright in the United States. Text and rates reproduced as published (HTML tags removed); not endorsed by USITC.",
  "warnings": [
    "Chapter 99 measures applied by note lists (Section 301 duties on goods of China, Section 232, IEEPA and other temporary duties) are usually not linked to the line in the HTS data, so additional_duties can be incomplete. Check HTS Chapter 99, subchapter III and IV.",
    "temporary_reductions (HTS 9902) apply only to the goods each one describes, within their effective dates; check eligibility before using that rate instead of general_rate."
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Not a binding classification ruling. Reference data only, not legal advice; the importer is responsible for the correct HTS classification. Binding rulings: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).",
  "as_of": "2026-11-06",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T08:58:34+00:00",
  "duration_seconds": 0.76
}

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