Analysis
HTS 1512.29.00 covers cottonseed oil and its fractions: other under heading 1512 (sunflower-seed, safflower or cottonseed oil, and fractions thereof, whether or not…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The general rate is 5.6¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5.6¢/kg. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
For statistics it divides in two: 1512.29.00.20 for once-refined (subjected to alkalai or caustic wash, but not… and 1512.29.00.40 for other (fully refined, washed, bleached or deodorized). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1512.11.00 | Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof: crude oil | 1.7¢/kg + 3.4% |
| 1512.19.00 | Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof: other | 1.7¢/kg + 3.4% |
| 1512.21.00 | Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed | 5.6¢/kg |