Analysis
Heading 1701 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. It divides into 5 six-digit subheadings and 24 eight-digit tariff lines, with 31 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
None of its 24 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 5.1% to 6% with a median of 6%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
19 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 1701.91 (containing added flavoring or coloring matter, 10 lines), 1701.13 (cane sugar specified in subheading note 2 to this…, 4 lines), 1701.14 (other cane sugar, 4 lines) and 1701.12 (beet sugar, 3 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Sugar Manufacturing (31131). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1701.12.05 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 3.143854¢/kg |
| 1701.12.10 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 3.143854¢/kg |
| 1701.12.50 | Beet sugar: other | 35.74¢/kg |
| 1701.13.05 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 1.4606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 0.943854¢/kg |
| 1701.13.10 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 1.4606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 0.943854¢/kg |
| 1701.13.20 | Cane sugar specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter: other sugar to be used for the production (other than by distillation) of polyhydric alcohols, except polyhydric alcohols for use as a substitute for sugar in human food consumption, or to be refined and re-exported in refined form or in sugar-containing products, or to be substituted for domestically produced raw cane sugar that has been or will be exported | 1.4606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 0.943854¢/kg |
| 1701.13.50 | Cane sugar specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter: other | 33.87¢/kg |
| 1701.14.05 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 1.4606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 0.943854¢/kg |
| 1701.14.10 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 1.4606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 0.943854¢/kg |
| 1701.14.20 | Other cane sugar: other sugar to be used for the production (other than by distillation) of polyhydric alcohols, except polyhydric alcohols for use as a substitute for sugar in human food consumption, or to be refined and re-exported in refined form or in sugar-containing products, or to be substituted for domestically produced raw cane sugar that has been or will be exported | 1.4606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 0.943854¢/kg |
| 1701.14.50 | Other cane sugar: other | 33.87¢/kg |
| 1701.91.05 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 3.143854¢/kg |
| 1701.91.10 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 3.143854¢/kg |
| 1701.91.30 | Containing added coloring but not containing added flavoring matter: other | 35.74¢/kg |
| 1701.91.42 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6% |
| 1701.91.44 | Described in additional U.S. note 7 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6% |
| 1701.91.48 | Articles containing over 65 percent by dry weight of sugar described in additional U.S. note 2 to chapter 17: other | 33.9¢/kg + 5.1% |
| 1701.91.52 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6% |
| 1701.91.54 | Described in additional U.S. note 8 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6% |
| 1701.91.58 | Articles containing over 10 percent by dry weight of sugar described in additional U.S. note 3 to chapter 17: other | 33.9¢/kg + 5.1% |
| 1701.91.80 | Containing added flavoring matter whether or not containing added coloring: other | 5.1% |
| 1701.99.05 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 3.143854¢/kg |
| 1701.99.10 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg less 0.020668¢/kg for each degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 3.143854¢/kg |
| 1701.99.50 | Other: other | 35.74¢/kg |