0601.20.90

Analysis

HTS 0601.20.90 covers bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots: other under heading 0601 (bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in…).

Within this group the rate runs from 3.5% to 3.5%. Compared with 0601.10.90 (bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant…), which pays 3.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.1 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 1.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 06 (30th percentile of 23 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $140 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 30%, 21.4 times the general rate.

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 1.4%. 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.