Analysis
HTS 1106.20.90 covers of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 0714: other under heading 1106 (flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, of sago or of…).
Within this group the rate runs from 2.8% to 9.6%. Compared with 1106.30.40 (of the products of chapter 8: other), which pays 9.6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 9.6 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 26% of the 19 tariff lines in chapter 11, 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 lines in the same group are 1106.10.00 (of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713, 8.3%), 1106.20.10 (of Chinese water chestnuts, 8.3%), 1106.30.20 (banana and plantain, 2.8%) and 1106.30.40 (of the products of chapter 8: other, 9.6%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311211 (Flour Milling), an industry of 333 US establishments employing 14,916 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1106.10.00 | Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 | 8.3% |
| 1106.20.10 | Of Chinese water chestnuts | 8.3% |
| 1106.30.20 | Banana and plantain | 2.8% |
| 1106.30.40 | Of the products of chapter 8: other | 9.6% |