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April 2024, question 54

Entry / Entry Summary · Duties, MPF, HMF and calculations

What is the current rate of the Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF)?

  1. 0.125 percent
  2. 0.3464 percent
  3. 0.215 percent
  4. 1.25 percent
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CBP's answer: A. A: 0.125 percent

The harbor maintenance fee is a port use fee of 0.125 percent of the value of commercial cargo loaded or unloaded at a covered port (A). The other figures are not the HMF rate.

is subject to a port use fee of 0.125 percent (.00125) of its value 19 CFR 24.24(a)

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CBP's key cites: 19 CFR 24.24(a)

Change watch: § 24.24 changed in the April 1, 2026 eCFR (the quoted text is unchanged).

Question and key from CBP's April 2024 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).