HTS chapter · section II
Chapter 14
Vegetable products
Chapter 14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sits in section II (vegetable products). It has 2 headings and 11 eight-digit tariff lines.
5 of its 9 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (56%) and 4 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4.4%. The median line pays duty-free.
2 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 most finely divided heading is 1404 (vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included), with 6 lines; fine division usually means the rates or the trade statistics differ enough to be worth separating.
The heading with the highest median rate is 1401 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example…) at 2%.
Its headings are 1401 (vegetable materials of a kind used…) and 1404 (vegetable products not elsewhere…).