1108

Analysis

Heading 1108 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers starches; inulin. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 10 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

2 of its 3 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (67%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.6%. The median line pays duty-free.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 13th percentile of the headings in chapter 11.

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 1108.11 (unnamed, 1 line), 1108.12 (unnamed, 1 line), 1108.13 (unnamed, 1 line) and 1108.14 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing (311221). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.