2005.70.25

Analysis

HTS 2005.70.25 covers pitted or stuffed: other under heading 2005 (other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

The general rate is 8.6¢/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 GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 8.6¢/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.

The ten-digit suffixes separate whole pitted, whole stuffed, other, including broken, sliced or…, spanish style of a kind described in…, whole stuffed and spanish style of a kind described in…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.