Analysis
HTS 0902.20.90 covers other green tea (not fermented): other under heading 0902 (tea, whether or not flavored). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 0902.20.10 (other green tea (not fermented): flavored) at 6.4%, a difference of 6.4 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 0902.20.90.15 for certified organic and 0902.20.90.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 85% of the 48 tariff lines in chapter 09 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311920 (Coffee and Tea Manufacturing), an industry of 1,155 US establishments employing 23,998 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0902.10.10 | Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: flavored | 6.4% |
| 0902.10.90 | Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg: other | Free |
| 0902.20.10 | Other green tea (not fermented): flavored | 6.4% |
| 0902.30.00 | Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg | Free |
| 0902.40.00 | Tea, whether or not flavored: other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea | Free |