Analysis
HTS 0907.20.00 covers cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems): crushed or ground under heading 0907 (cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)).
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 85% of the 48 tariff lines in chapter 09, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other line in the same group is 0907.10.00 (neither crushed nor ground, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311942 (Spice and Extract Manufacturing), an industry of 473 US establishments employing 25,339 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0907.10.00 | Neither crushed nor ground | Free |