Analysis
HTS 0712.20.40 covers onions: other under heading 0712 (dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 29.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0712.90.60 (crude or not manufactured), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 21.3 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, AGOA, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 21.3%. 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 21.3% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 07 (96th percentile of 91 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,130 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 1.6 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0712.20.20 | Onions: powder or flour | 29.8% |
| 0712.31.10 | Air dried or sun dried | 1.3¢/kg + 1.8% |
| 0712.31.20 | Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus: other | 1.9¢/kg + 2.6% |
| 0712.32.00 | Wood ears (Auricularia spp.) | 8.3% |
| 0712.33.00 | Jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) | 8.3% |
| 0712.34.10 | Air dried or sun dried | 1.3¢/kg + 1.8% |
| 0712.34.20 | Shiitake (Lentinus edodes): other | 1.9¢/kg + 2.6% |
| 0712.39.11 | Air dried or sun dried | 1.3¢/kg + 1.8% |
| 0712.39.21 | Mushrooms: other | 1.9¢/kg + 2.6% |
| 0712.39.40 | Other: truffles | Free |
| 0712.90.10 | Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: carrots | 1.3% |
| 0712.90.15 | Olives: not ripe | 5.5¢/kg |
| 0712.90.20 | Olives: ripe | 2.5¢/kg |
| 0712.90.30 | Potatoes whether or not cut or sliced but not further prepared | 2.3¢/kg |
| 0712.90.40 | Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: garlic | 29.8% |
| 0712.90.60 | Crude or not manufactured | Free |
| 0712.90.65 | Other: parsley | 3.8% |
| 0712.90.70 | Other: other | 1.9% |
| 0712.90.74 | Tomatoes: in powder | 8.7% |
| 0712.90.78 | Tomatoes: other | 8.7% |
| 0712.90.85 | Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables | 8.3% |