Analysis
HTS 0811.90.20 covers other: blueberries under heading 0811 (fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 14.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0811.90.80 (other: other), at 14.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 14.5 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 47% of the 60 tariff lines in chapter 08. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing), an industry of 218 US establishments employing 27,520 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0811.90.10 | Bananas and plantains | 3.4% |
| 0811.90.22 | Other: boysenberries | 11.2% |
| 0811.90.25 | Cashew apples, mameyes colorados, sapodillas, soursops and sweetsops | 3.2% |
| 0811.90.30 | Other: coconut meat | Free |
| 0811.90.35 | Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpum) | Free |
| 0811.90.40 | Other: papayas | 11.2% |
| 0811.90.50 | Other: pineapples | 0.25¢/kg |
| 0811.90.52 | Other: mangoes | 10.9% |
| 0811.90.55 | Other: melons | 11.2% |
| 0811.90.80 | Other: other | 14.5% |