Analysis
HTS 1108.20.00 covers starches; inulin: inulin under heading 1108 (starches; inulin).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to duty-free. The costliest confusion would be with 1108.19.00 (starches: other starches) at duty-free, a difference of 2.6 points on the customs value.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 19.2 times the general rate.
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 2.6%. 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 general duty rate is 2.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 11 (45th percentile of 19 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $260 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311221 (Wet Corn Milling and Starch Manufacturing), an industry of 70 US establishments employing 7,467 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1108.11.00 | Starches: wheat starch | 0.54¢/kg |
| 1108.12.00 | Corn (maize) starch | 0.54¢/kg |
| 1108.13.00 | Starches: potato starch | 0.56¢/kg |
| 1108.14.00 | Cassava (manioc) starch | Free |
| 1108.19.00 | Starches: other starches | Free |