Analysis
HTS 0710.80.60 covers not reduced in size: fiddlehead greens under heading 0710 (vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 14.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0710.80.15 (bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, other than Chinese water chestnuts), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 8 percentage points.
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 8%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 6.2 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 07 (49th percentile of 91 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $800 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 0710.80.65 | 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% |