HTS tariff line · chapter 14
1404.20.00
Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: cotton linters
Analysis
HTS 1404.20.00 covers vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: cotton linters under heading 1404 (vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.3%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 1404.90.40 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes…), at 2.3%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.3 percentage points.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311224 (Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing), an industry of 190 US establishments employing 10,887 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |