1902.30.00

Analysis

HTS 1902.30.00 covers pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagna, gnocchi, ravioli… 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 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.4%. Compared with 1902.19.20 (other: exclusively pasta), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.4 percentage points.

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 6.4%. 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.

The general duty rate is 6.4% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 19 (28th percentile of 59 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $640 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.