Analysis
HTS 0712.90.10 covers other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: carrots under heading 0712 (dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 29.8%. Compared with 0712.90.40 (other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: garlic), which pays 29.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 28.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 1.3% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 07 (23rd percentile of 91 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $130 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 26.9 times the general rate.
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 1.3%. 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |