2004.90.85

Analysis

HTS 2004.90.85 covers other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: other under heading 2004 (other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 7 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.2% to 3.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 2004.90.10 (other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: antipasto) at 3.2%, a difference of 8 points on the customs value.

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 11.2%. 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 11.2% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 20 (70th percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,120 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 3.1 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate carrots, sweet corn, peas, peeled clove garlic, whether or not…, garlic, reduced in size beyond the… and other, including mixtures. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.