Analysis
Heading 1404 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 8 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
3 of its 4 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (75%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.3%. 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 largest subheadings are 1404.90 (other, 5 lines) and 1404.20 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 28th percentile of the headings in chapter 14.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products (113210), All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming (111998) and Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1404.20.00 | Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: cotton linters | Free |
| 1404.90.10 | Other: vegetable hair | 0.5¢/kg |
| 1404.90.20 | Broomcorn (Sorghum vulgare var. technicum) | $4.95/t |
| 1404.90.30 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example, broomcorn piassava, couch grass and istle), whether or not in hanks or bundles: istle | Free |
| 1404.90.40 | Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example, broomcorn piassava, couch grass and istle), whether or not in hanks or bundles: other | 2.3% |
| 1404.90.90 | Other: other | Free |