Analysis
HTS 0602.40.00 covers roses, grafted or not under heading 0602 (other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.8%. Compared with 0602.90.90 (other: other), which pays 4.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.8 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 26% of the 23 tariff lines in chapter 06, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 111421 (Nursery and Tree Production). That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0602.10.00 | Unrooted cuttings and slips | 4.8% |
| 0602.20.00 | Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts | Free |
| 0602.30.00 | Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not | 1.9% |
| 0602.90.20 | Herbaceous perennials: orchid plants | Free |
| 0602.90.30 | With soil attached to roots | 1.4% |
| 0602.90.40 | Other: other | 3.5% |
| 0602.90.50 | Other: mushroom spawn | 1.4¢/kg |
| 0602.90.60 | With soil attached to roots | 1.9% |
| 0602.90.90 | Other: other | 4.8% |