Analysis
HTS 0709.91.00 covers other: globe artichokes under heading 0709 (other vegetables, fresh or chilled).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 21.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 0709.59.11 (other: truffles) at duty-free, a difference of 11.3 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 11.3%. 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 11.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 07 (68th percentile of 91 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,130 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 4.4 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 111219 (Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming), the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0709.20.10 | Not reduced in size, entered during the period from September 15 to November 15, inclusive, in any year, and transported to the United States by air | 5% |
| 0709.20.90 | Asparagus: other | 21.3% |
| 0709.30.20 | If entered during the period from April 1 to November 30, inclusive, in any year | 2.6¢/kg |
| 0709.30.40 | Eggplants (aubergines): other | 1.9¢/kg |
| 0709.40.20 | Celery other than celeriac: reduced in size | 14.9% |
| 0709.40.40 | If imported and entered during the period from April 15 to July 31, inclusive, in any year | 0.25¢/kg |
| 0709.40.60 | Other: other | 1.9¢/kg |
| 0709.51.01 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus | 8.8¢/kg + 20% |
| 0709.52.05 | Mushrooms of the genus Boletus | 8.8¢/kg + 20% |
| 0709.53.00 | Mushrooms of the genus Cantharellus | 8.8¢/kg + 20% |
| 0709.54.00 | Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) | 8.8¢/kg + 20% |
| 0709.55.00 | Matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake, Tricholoma magnivelare, Tricholoma anatolicum, Tricholoma dulciolens, Tricholoma caligatum) | 8.8¢/kg + 20% |
| 0709.56.00 | Truffles (Tuber spp.) | Free |
| 0709.59.11 | Other: truffles | Free |
| 0709.59.91 | Other: other | 8.8¢/kg + 20% |
| 0709.60.20 | Fruits of the genus Capsicum (peppers) or of the genus Pimenta (e.g., allspice): chili peppers | 4.4¢/kg |
| 0709.60.40 | Fruits of the genus Capsicum (peppers) or of the genus Pimenta (e.g., allspice): other | 4.7¢/kg |
| 0709.70.00 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) | 20% |
| 0709.92.00 | Other: olives | 8.8¢/kg |
| 0709.93.10 | Pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.): pumpkins | 11.3% |
| 0709.93.20 | Pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.): squash | 1.5¢/kg |
| 0709.93.30 | Gourds (Cucurbita spp.) | 20% |
| 0709.99.05 | Jicamas, and breadfruit | 11.3% |
| 0709.99.10 | Chayote (Sechium edule) | 5.6% |
| 0709.99.14 | Other: okra | 20% |
| 0709.99.30 | Other: fiddlehead greens | 8% |
| 0709.99.45 | Other: sweet corn | 21.3% |
| 0709.99.90 | Other: other | 20% |