Analysis
HTS 0710.80.70 covers not reduced in size: other under heading 0710 (vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 14.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 0710.80.15 (bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, other than Chinese water chestnuts) 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 0710.80.70.40 for carrots and 0710.80.70.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
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 |
| 0710.80.60 | Not reduced in size: fiddlehead greens | 8% |
| 0710.80.65 | Not reduced in size: brussels sprouts | 12.5% |
| 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% |