Analysis
HTS 1702.90.90 covers other: other under heading 1702 (other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The general duty rate is 5.1% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 17 (19th percentile of 32 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $510 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 5.1%. 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.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 6% to 6%. The costliest confusion would be with 1702.90.64 (described in additional U.S. note 7 to this chapter and entered…) at 6%, a difference of 0.9 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 1702.90.90.20 for certified organic and 1702.90.90.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1702.90.90.20 | Certified organic | kg | |
| 1702.90.90.50 | Other | kg |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1702.90.05 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg of total sugars |
| 1702.90.10 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapterand entered pursuant to its provisions | 3.6606¢/kg of total sugars |
| 1702.90.20 | Containing soluble non-sugar solids (excluding any foreign substances, including but not limited to molasses, that may have been added to or developed in the product) equal to 6 percent or less by weight of the total soluble solids: other | 35.74¢/kg |
| 1702.90.35 | Other: invert molasses | 0.35¢/liter |
| 1702.90.40 | Other: other | 0.35¢/liter |
| 1702.90.52 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6% |
| 1702.90.54 | Described in additional U.S. note 9 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6% |
| 1702.90.58 | Blended syrups described in additional U.S. note 4 to chapter 17: other | 33.9¢/kg of total sugars + 5.1% |
| 1702.90.64 | Described in additional U.S. note 7 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6% |
| 1702.90.68 | 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% |