How current is it, and how does it stay current?

Version 2026-10-12 is the published snapshot. Rebuilt from the CBP CROSS public API. Temporal coverage is 1988-05-18/2026-09-23 — measured min/max of the dataset's own date fields. Upstream: CBP CROSS public API.

Can I redistribute it, and how do I cite it?

Upstream terms: U.S. Government work — public domain, subject to the publishing agency's terms (https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright). The CSV files are redistributed by ExportSonar under the same terms with attribution; the canonical citation is “ExportSonar (2026-10-12). CBP CROSS classification rulings (Version 2026-10-12) [Data set]. https://exportsonar.com/datasets/cbp-cross-rulings/”.

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CBP CROSS classification rulings

Name: CBP CROSS classification rulings
Creator: ExportSonar
Published: 2026-10-12
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright

Version 2026-10-12 · 2,350 records · 13 fields · coverage 1988-05-18/2026-09-23 · free CSV, no account

Mirror of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CROSS classification rulings: ruling number, issue date, collection, category, the HS8 prefixes the ruling touches, the tariff treatment it applies, revocation/modification links between rulings and the subject line. Full ruling text stays with CBP; this distribution carries the metadata layer that makes the corpus searchable and citable.

2,350records
13fields
2026-10-12published version
547.9 KBCSV size
2,350distinct ruling_no

Download the full dataset

Download CSV (547.9 KB) manifest.json (provenance & hashes)

File: /downloads/datasets/cbp-cross-rulings/cbp-cross-rulings.csv
Rows / fields: 2,350 data rows × 13 columns, UTF-8, \n line endings, exactly one record per line
SHA-256: d822f3e7ae3b8856c5dacb2c1aaf08064ceb4cd78ae4a2f21f2e1a1f5813b7d3
Coverage: 1988-05-18/2026-09-23 — Computed from the dataset's own date fields.
Terms: U.S. Government work — public domain, subject to the publishing agency's terms

Not in the bulk file: text — the full ruling text (multi-KB per ruling) is read from rulings.cbp.gov through the source_url on each record rather than mirrored in bulk.

Fields

Column names are the CSV header; the array-typed columns join their members with | in the flat file.

Column	Type	Description
`category`	string	CROSS category assigned by CBP.
`collection`	string	CROSS collection the ruling is filed under.
`date_issued`	date	Ruling issue date.
`hs8_prefixes`	array	8-digit HTS prefixes the ruling interprets, '\|'-joined.
`is_revoked`	boolean	True when a later ruling revokes this one.
`modified_by`	array	Ruling number that modifies this one.
`modifies`	array	Ruling number this ruling modifies.
`retrieved_at`	string	UTC timestamp of the source retrieval.
`revokes`	array	Ruling number this ruling revokes.
`ruling_no`	string	CROSS ruling number (e.g. NY N123456).
`source_url`	string	CROSS API record URL.
`subject`	string	Subject line of the ruling.
`tariffs`	array	Tariff treatment quoted by the ruling, '\|'-joined.

Cite this dataset

Canonical citation — the URL is stable across versions; the version string identifies the snapshot:

ExportSonar (2026-10-12). CBP CROSS classification rulings (Version 2026-10-12) [Data set]. https://exportsonar.com/datasets/cbp-cross-rulings/

@misc{cbpcrossrulings20261012,
  title  = {CBP CROSS classification rulings},
  author = {ExportSonar},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {Version 2026-10-12},
  url    = {https://exportsonar.com/datasets/cbp-cross-rulings/}
}

Provenance and licence

Upstream source	CBP CROSS public API
Snapshot	Version 2026-10-12 — Rebuilt from the CBP CROSS public API.
Upstream terms	U.S. Government work — public domain, subject to the publishing agency's terms · https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright re-verified 2026-10-29T05:57Z
Verification note	Fetched https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright on 2026-10-29: works created by U.S. government employees as part of official duties are not subject to copyright protection; the page also warns that federal sites may embed third-party material and asks downstream users to check with the managing agency.
Redistribution	Free to reuse with attribution to ExportSonar and to the upstream source; derived numbers are recomputed from the published fields. Full text: Terms and Data Sources & Methodology.

Informational only — this is a machine-readable mirror of public regulatory and statistical sources, not a binding customs determination. Verify against the linked authority before acting on a classification or rate.

Questions

What is in the CBP CROSS rulings dataset?: Mirror of U.S. Customs and Border Protection CROSS classification rulings: ruling number, issue date, collection, category, the HS8 prefixes the ruling touches, the tariff treatment it applies, revocation/modification links between rulings and the subject line. Full ruling text stays with CBP; this distribution carries the metadata layer that makes the corpus searchable and citable. The bulk file holds 2,350 records across 13 fields; every field is described in the field table on this page.
How current is it, and how does it stay current?: Version 2026-10-12 is the published snapshot. Rebuilt from the CBP CROSS public API. Temporal coverage is 1988-05-18/2026-09-23 — measured min/max of the dataset's own date fields. Upstream: CBP CROSS public API.
Can I redistribute it, and how do I cite it?: Upstream terms: U.S. Government work — public domain, subject to the publishing agency's terms (https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright). The CSV files are redistributed by ExportSonar under the same terms with attribution; the canonical citation is “ExportSonar (2026-10-12). CBP CROSS classification rulings (Version 2026-10-12) [Data set]. https://exportsonar.com/datasets/cbp-cross-rulings/”.