2005.70.08

Analysis

HTS 2005.70.08 covers in containers each holding more than 8 kg, drained weight, certified by the importer to be used for repacking or sale as green olives: other under heading 2005 (other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not…).

The general rate is 3.7¢/kg on drained weight, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Israel FTA, and 9 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.7¢/kg on drained weight. 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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning), an industry of 802 US establishments employing 44,903 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.