Analysis
HTS 1902.11.20 covers containing eggs: exclusively pasta under heading 1902 (pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.4%. Compared with 1902.40.00 (pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other…), which pays 6.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.4 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 17% of the 59 tariff lines in chapter 19, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 311824 (Dry Pasta, Dough, and Flour Mixes Manufacturing from Purchased Flour), an industry of 390 US establishments employing 24,501 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
The ten-digit suffixes separate subject to the Inward Processing Regime, subject to the EU reduced export refund… and product of a country other than an EU…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1902.11.40 | Containing eggs: other, including pasta packaged with sauce preparations | 6.4% |
| 1902.19.20 | Other: exclusively pasta | Free |
| 1902.19.40 | Other: other, including pasta packaged with sauce preparations | 6.4% |
| 1902.20.00 | Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared | 6.4% |
| 1902.30.00 | Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagna, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared: other pasta | 6.4% |
| 1902.40.00 | Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagna, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared: couscous | 6.4% |