0910.99.06

Analysis

HTS 0910.99.06 covers other: thyme under heading 0910 (ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.4%. Compared with 0910.99.50 (other: dill), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.8 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 4.8% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 09 (95th percentile of 48 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $480 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

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 4.8%. 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.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 5.2 times the general rate.

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.