Analysis
HTS 1209.29.91 covers other: other under heading 1209 (seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 14 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The ten-digit suffixes separate bent grass, husked, birdsfoot trefoil, meadow, smooth and orchard grass and 4 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 77% of the 44 tariff lines in chapter 12. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 111998 (All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming). That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 8% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 8% duty.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1209.29.91.20 | Bent grass (genus Agrostis) | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.25 | Husked | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.26 | Other | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.30 | Birdsfoot trefoil | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.36 | Meadow | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.37 | Smooth | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.38 | Other | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.40 | Orchard grass | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.60 | Sudan grass | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.71 | Crested | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.74 | Other | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.76 | Wild rye | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.79 | Other grass | kg | 111998 |
| 1209.29.91.96 | Other | kg | 111998 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1209.10.00 | Seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing: sugar beet seeds | Free |
| 1209.21.00 | Alfalfa (lucerne) seeds | 1.5¢/kg |
| 1209.22.20 | Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds: white and ladino | 1.6¢/kg |
| 1209.22.40 | Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds: other | Free |
| 1209.23.00 | Seeds of forage plants: fescue seeds | Free |
| 1209.24.00 | Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seeds | 1.2¢/kg |
| 1209.25.00 | Rye grass (Lolium multiflorium Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seeds | 1.4¢/kg |
| 1209.29.10 | Other: beet | Free |
| 1209.30.00 | Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers | 1¢/kg |
| 1209.91.10 | Vegetable seeds: cauliflower | 5.9¢/kg |
| 1209.91.20 | Vegetable seeds: celery | Free |
| 1209.91.40 | Vegetable seeds: onion | Free |
| 1209.91.50 | Vegetable seeds: parsley | 0.68¢/kg |
| 1209.91.60 | Vegetable seeds: pepper | Free |
| 1209.91.80 | Vegetable seeds: other | 1.5¢/kg |
| 1209.99.20 | Other: tree and shrub | Free |
| 1209.99.41 | Other: other | 0.83¢/kg |