Analysis
HTS 0711.40.00 covers cucumbers including gherkins under heading 0711 (vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 8%. The costliest confusion would be with 0711.90.20 (leguminous vegetables) at duty-free, a difference of 7.7 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 7.7%. 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 35%, 4.5 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 7.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 07 (42nd percentile of 91 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $770 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning), an industry of 802 US establishments employing 44,903 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0711.20.18 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.7¢/kg on drained weight |
| 0711.20.28 | Green in color, in a saline solution, in containers each holding more than 8 kg, drained weight, certified by the importer to be used for repacking or sale as green olives: other | 5.9¢/kg on drained weight |
| 0711.20.38 | Not pitted: other | 5.9¢/kg on drained weight |
| 0711.20.40 | Olives: pitted or stuffed | 8.6¢/kg on drained weight |
| 0711.51.00 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus | 5.7¢/kg on drained weight + 8% |
| 0711.59.10 | Other: mushrooms | 5.7¢/kg on drained weight +8% |
| 0711.59.90 | Other: other | 7.7% |
| 0711.90.20 | Leguminous vegetables | Free |
| 0711.90.30 | Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: capers | 8% |
| 0711.90.50 | Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: onions | 5.1% |
| 0711.90.65 | Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables | 7.7% |