0803.90.00

Analysis

HTS 0803.90.00 covers bananas and plantains, fresh or dried: other under heading 0803 (bananas and plantains, fresh or dried). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 1.4%. Compared with 0803.10.20 (plantains: dried), which pays 1.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 1.4 percentage points.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 47% of the 60 tariff lines in chapter 08, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

The other lines in the same group are 0803.10.10 (plantains: fresh, duty-free) and 0803.10.20 (plantains: dried, 1.4%).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 111339 (Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming). That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

The ten-digit suffixes separate certified organic, fresh and dried. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.