0805.50.30

Analysis

HTS 0805.50.30 covers tahitian limes, Persian limes and other limes of the Citrus latifolia variety under heading 0805 (citrus fruit, fresh or dried). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

For statistics it divides in two: 0805.50.30.20 for certified organic and 0805.50.30.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 43.8 times the general rate.

The general duty rate is 0.8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 08 (48th percentile of 60 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $80 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The other lines in the same group are 0805.50.20 (lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus…, 2.2¢/kg) and 0805.50.40 (limes: other, 1.8¢/kg).

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 0.8%. 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.