Analysis
HTS 0604.90.30 covers other: dried or bleached under heading 0604 (foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 7%. The costliest confusion would be with 0604.90.60 (other: other) at 7%, a difference of 7 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 26% of the 23 tariff lines in chapter 06 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 0604.90.10 (mosses and lichens, duty-free) and 0604.90.60 (other: other, 7%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing), an industry of 3,012 US establishments employing 40,510 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0604.90.10 | Mosses and lichens | Free |
| 0604.90.60 | Other: other | 7% |