0807.19.70

Analysis

HTS 0807.19.70 covers if entered during the period from December 1, in any year, to the following May 31, inclusive under heading 0807 (melons (including watermelons) and papayas (papaws), fresh). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.6% to 29.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 0807.19.20 (if entered at any other time) at 29.8%, a difference of 24.4 points on the customs value.

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 5.4%. 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. Reduced but not zero rates apply under some agreements: 2.7% for JP.

The general duty rate is 5.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 08 (68th percentile of 60 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $540 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

For statistics it divides in two: 0807.19.70.20 for honeydew melons and 0807.19.70.40 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%, 6.5 times the general rate.