HTS tariff line · chapter 14
1401.10.00
Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark): bamboos
Analysis
HTS 1401.10.00 covers vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw… under heading 1401 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.4%. Compared with 1401.90.20 (other: willow (osier)), which pays 4.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.4 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 56% of the 9 tariff lines in chapter 14, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 1401.20.20 (in the rough or cut transversely into sections, duty-free), 1401.20.40 (rattans: other, 2%), 1401.90.20 (other: willow (osier), 4.4%) and 1401.90.40 (other: other, 3.2%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 113210 (Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products), an industry of 185 US establishments employing 932 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1401.20.20 | In the rough or cut transversely into sections | Free |
| 1401.20.40 | Rattans: other | 2% |
| 1401.90.20 | Other: willow (osier) | 4.4% |
| 1401.90.40 | Other: other | 3.2% |