Analysis
HTS 2001.90.33 covers vegetables: nopalitos under heading 2001 (vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 3.6% to 14%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2001.90.60 (other: other), at 14%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 6.3 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 7.7%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 4.5 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 7.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 20 (52nd percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $770 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2001.90.10 | In immediate containers holding more than 3.4 kg | 8% |
| 2001.90.20 | Capers: other | 8% |
| 2001.90.25 | Vegetables: artichokes | 10.2% |
| 2001.90.30 | Vegetables: beans | 5.8% |
| 2001.90.34 | Vegetables: onions | 3.6% |
| 2001.90.35 | Pimientos (Capsicum anuum) | 8.1% |
| 2001.90.38 | Vegetables: other | 9.6% |
| 2001.90.42 | Chestnuts, other than Chinese water chestnuts | 4.9¢/kg |
| 2001.90.45 | Other: mangoes | 1.5¢/kg |
| 2001.90.48 | Chinese water chestnuts | 9.6% |
| 2001.90.50 | Other: walnuts | 7¢/kg |
| 2001.90.60 | Other: other | 14% |