Analysis
HTS 0603.12.30 covers miniature (spray) carnations under heading 0603 (cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 4% to 6.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0603.11.00 (fresh: roses), at 6.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.6 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 12.5 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 3.2%. 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.
The general duty rate is 3.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 06 (46th percentile of 23 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $320 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0603.11.00 | Fresh: roses | 6.8% |
| 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% |