Analysis
HTS 1401.20.20 covers in the rough or cut transversely into sections under heading 1401 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.4%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 1401.90.20 (other: willow (osier)), at 4.4%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.4 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 1401.20.20.10 for in the rough, 4 meters or more in length and 1401.20.20.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 56% of the 9 tariff lines in chapter 14. 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 1401.10.00 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting…, duty-free), 1401.20.40 (rattans: other, 2%), 1401.90.20 (other: willow (osier), 4.4%) and 1401.90.40 (other: other, 3.2%).
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Free |
| 1401.20.40 | Rattans: other | 2% |
| 1401.90.20 | Other: willow (osier) | 4.4% |
| 1401.90.40 | Other: other | 3.2% |