Analysis
HTS 0710.21.40 covers peas (Pisum sativum): other under heading 0710 (vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen).
The general rate is 2¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
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 2¢/kg. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing), an industry of 218 US establishments employing 27,520 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of 2¢/kg has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0710.10.00 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen: potatoes | 14% |
| 0710.21.20 | If entered during the period from July 1 to September 30, inclusive, in any year | 1¢/kg |
| 0710.22.10 | If entered during the period from November 1 in any year to the following May 31, inclusive | 2.3¢/kg |
| 0710.22.15 | Lima beans: other | 4.9¢/kg |
| 0710.22.20 | Cowpeas (other than black-eye peas) | Free |
| 0710.22.25 | String beans (snap beans) | 4.9¢/kg |
| 0710.22.37 | Not reduced in size: other | 4.9¢/kg |
| 0710.22.40 | Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.): reduced in size | 11.2% |
| 0710.29.05 | Chickpeas (garbanzos) | 1¢/kg |
| 0710.29.15 | Other: lentils | 0.1¢/kg |
| 0710.29.25 | If entered during the period from July 1 to September 30, inclusive, in any year | Free |
| 0710.29.30 | Pigeon peas: other | 0.8¢/kg |
| 0710.29.40 | Other: other | 3.5¢/kg |
| 0710.30.00 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) | 14% |
| 0710.40.00 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen: sweet corn | 14% |
| 0710.80.15 | Bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, other than Chinese water chestnuts | Free |
| 0710.80.20 | Other vegetables: mushrooms | 5.7¢/kg + 8% |
| 0710.80.40 | If entered during the period from March 1 to July 14, inclusive, or the period from September 1 to November 14, inclusive, in any year | 2.9¢/kg |
| 0710.80.45 | If entered during the period from July 15 to August 31, inclusive, in any year | 2.1¢/kg |
| 0710.80.50 | If entered during the period from November 15 in any year to the last day of the following February, inclusive | 2.1¢/kg |
| 0710.80.60 | Not reduced in size: fiddlehead greens | 8% |
| 0710.80.65 | Not reduced in size: brussels sprouts | 12.5% |
| 0710.80.70 | Not reduced in size: other | 11.3% |
| 0710.80.85 | Reduced in size: brussels sprouts | 14% |
| 0710.80.93 | Reduced in size: okra | 14.9% |
| 0710.80.97 | Reduced in size: other | 14.9% |
| 0710.90.11 | Mixtures of pea pods and water chestnuts, other than Chinese water chestnuts | 7.9% |
| 0710.90.91 | Mixtures of vegetables: other | 14% |