Analysis
HTS 0805.21.00 covers mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) under heading 0805 (citrus fruit, fresh or dried). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The general rate is 1.9¢/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 the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, AGOA, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 1.9¢/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.
For statistics it divides in two: 0805.21.00.10 for tangerines and 0805.21.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 111320 (Citrus (except Orange) Groves). That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0805.10.00 | Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: oranges | 1.9¢/kg |
| 0805.22.00 | Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: clementines | 1.9¢/kg |
| 0805.29.00 | Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: other | 1.9¢/kg |
| 0805.40.40 | If entered during the period from August 1 to September 30, inclusive, in any year | 1.9¢/kg |
| 0805.40.60 | If entered during the month of October | 1.5¢/kg |
| 0805.40.80 | If entered at any other time | 2.5¢/kg |
| 0805.50.20 | Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia): lemons | 2.2¢/kg |
| 0805.50.30 | Tahitian limes, Persian limes and other limes of the Citrus latifolia variety | 0.8% |
| 0805.50.40 | Limes: other | 1.8¢/kg |
| 0805.90.01 | Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: other, including kumquats, citrons and bergamots | 0.8% |