Analysis
Heading 1008 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals (including wild rice). It divides into 8 six-digit subheadings and 8 eight-digit tariff lines, with 10 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
1 of its 5 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (20%) and 4 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 1.1%. The median line pays 1.1%.
3 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The largest subheadings are 1008.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 1008.21 (unnamed, 1 line), 1008.29 (unnamed, 1 line) and 1008.30 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 1.1% sits at the 67th percentile of the headings in chapter 10.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Grain Farming (111199). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1008.10.00 | Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals (including wild rice): buckwheat | Free |
| 1008.21.00 | Millet: seed | 0.32¢/kg |
| 1008.29.00 | Millet: other | 0.32¢/kg |
| 1008.30.00 | Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals (including wild rice): canary seeds | 0.12¢/kg |
| 1008.40.00 | Fonio (Digitaria spp.) | 1.1% |
| 1008.50.00 | Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) | 1.1% |
| 1008.60.00 | Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals (including wild rice): triticale | 1.1% |
| 1008.90.01 | Buckwheat, millet and canary seeds; other cereals (including wild rice): other cereals (including wild rice) | 1.1% |