Analysis
HTS 0712.90.70 covers other: other 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 27.9 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 1.9% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 07 (24th percentile of 91 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $190 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 1.9%. 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 25%, 13.2 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 0712.90.74 | 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% |