Analysis
HTS 0712.90.15 covers olives: not ripe under heading 0712 (dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared).
The general rate is 5.5¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
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 5.5¢/kg. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311423 (Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing), an industry of 276 US establishments employing 17,886 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
The general rate of 5.5¢/kg has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0712.90.10 | Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables: carrots | 1.3% |
| 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% |