Analysis
Heading 0802 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled. It divides into 17 six-digit subheadings and 24 eight-digit tariff lines, with 25 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 24 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
22 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 23rd percentile of the headings in chapter 08.
The largest subheadings are 0802.99 (other, 4 lines), 0802.70 (unnamed, 2 lines), 0802.80 (unnamed, 2 lines) and 0802.91 (pine nuts, in shell, 2 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Tree Nut Farming (111335) and Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) (115114). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0802.11.00 | Almonds: in shell | 7.7¢/kg |
| 0802.12.00 | Almonds: shelled | 24¢/kg |
| 0802.21.00 | Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.): in shell | 7¢/kg |
| 0802.22.00 | Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.): shelled | 14.1¢/kg |
| 0802.31.00 | Walnuts: in shell | 7¢/kg |
| 0802.32.00 | Walnuts: shelled | 26.5¢/kg |
| 0802.41.00 | Chestnuts (Castanea spp.): in shell | Free |
| 0802.42.00 | Chestnuts (Castanea spp.): shelled | Free |
| 0802.51.00 | Pistachios: in shell | 0.9¢/kg |
| 0802.52.00 | Pistachios: shelled | 1.9¢/kg |
| 0802.61.00 | Macadamia nuts: in shell | 1.3¢/kg |
| 0802.62.00 | Macadamia nuts: shelled | 5¢/kg |
| 0802.70.10 | Kola nuts (Cola spp.): in shell | 1.3¢/kg |
| 0802.70.20 | Kola nuts (Cola spp.): shelled | 5¢/kg |
| 0802.80.10 | Areca nuts: in shell | 1.3¢/kg |
| 0802.80.20 | Areca nuts: shelled | 5¢/kg |
| 0802.91.10 | Pine nuts, in shell: pignolia | 0.7¢/kg |
| 0802.91.90 | Pine nuts, in shell: other | 1.3¢/kg |
| 0802.92.10 | Pine nuts, shelled: pignolia | 1¢/kg |
| 0802.92.90 | Pine nuts, shelled: other | 5¢/kg |
| 0802.99.10 | Pecans: in shell | 8.8¢/kg |
| 0802.99.15 | Pecans: shelled | 17.6¢/kg |
| 0802.99.82 | Other: in shell | 1.3¢/kg |
| 0802.99.98 | Other: shelled | 5¢/kg |