Analysis
HTS 0602.90.30 covers with soil attached to roots under heading 0602 (other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 0602.90.90 (other: other) at 4.8%, a difference of 3.4 points on the customs value.
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.
For statistics it divides in two: 0602.90.30.10 for chrysanthemums and 0602.90.30.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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 13 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0602.90.20 | Herbaceous perennials: orchid plants | Free |
| 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% |