HTS tariff line · chapter 07
0710.80.15
Bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, other than Chinese water chestnuts
Analysis
HTS 0710.80.15 covers bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, other than Chinese water chestnuts under heading 0710 (vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen).
Within this group the rate runs from 8% to 14.9%. Compared with 0710.80.97 (reduced in size: other), which pays 14.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 14.9 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 22% of the 91 tariff lines in chapter 07, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing), an industry of 218 US establishments employing 27,520 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |