HTS heading · chapter 06
0603
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
Analysis
Heading 0603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared. It divides into 7 six-digit subheadings and 8 eight-digit tariff lines, with 35 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
None of its 8 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 3.2% to 6.8% with a median of 6.4%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
Its median rate of 6.4% sits at the 80th percentile of the headings in chapter 06.
The largest subheadings are 0603.12 (carnations, 2 lines), 0603.11 (unnamed, 1 line), 0603.13 (unnamed, 1 line) and 0603.14 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Floriculture Production (111422) and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0603.11.00 | Fresh: roses | 6.8% |
| 0603.12.30 | Miniature (spray) carnations | 3.2% |
| 0603.12.70 | Carnations: other | 6.4% |
| 0603.13.00 | Fresh: orchids | 6.4% |
| 0603.14.00 | Fresh: chrysanthemums | 6.4% |
| 0603.15.00 | Lilies (Lillium spp.) | 6.4% |
| 0603.19.01 | Fresh: other | 6.4% |
| 0603.90.00 | Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared: other | 4% |