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U.S. imports of farming materials & livestock (End-Use 12060) totaled $140.0M in April 2026, traded with 98 countries.
Importers of Farming Materials & Livestock paid $7.8M in duties in April 2026 — an effective duty rate of 9.8% on $79.8M in dutiable value, based on actual customs collections rather than the published tariff schedule.
Last updated: April 2026 dataLive animals, breeding stock, and agricultural inputs imported for use in US farming operations fall under this end-use category, encompassing everything from purebred cattle and swine to agricultural machinery components used on-farm. Live animal imports are subject to USDA APHIS veterinary oversight, including health certificates, quarantine requirements, and country-of-origin eligibility determinations based on disease status. The diversity of products within this category means that classification, admissibility, and duty treatment vary substantially by specific commodity, and importers should verify requirements at the line-item level rather than relying on category-level generalizations.
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USDA APHIS requires that imported live animals, including breeding cattle, swine, sheep, and horses, originate from countries or regions recognized as free of specific foreign animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease. Animals typically must be accompanied by a health certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian in the exporting country and may be held in APHIS-approved quarantine facilities at the port of entry for observation before release into the US.
For US import statistics purposes, both live animals and physical farming inputs (such as seed, fertilizer, or equipment components destined for farm use) can be grouped under this end-use category based on their intended agricultural application. However, they are reported under entirely different HTS chapters — live animals under Chapter 1 and machinery under Chapter 84, for example — so the end-use category is an analytical aggregation rather than a single tariff classification. Each product type carries its own admissibility rules, duty rates, and regulatory requirements.
End-Use codes describe different products on the import and export sides. Cross-direction exports are not shown for this slug.
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