Analysis
HTS 0409.00.00 covers natural honey under heading 0409 (natural honey). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The general rate is 1.9¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 1.9¢/kg. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
It is the only US line under subheading 0409.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 0409.00 points straight here.
The ten-digit suffixes separate certified Organic, comb honey and honey packaged for…, white or lighter, extra light amber, light amber and amber or darker. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.