Analysis
HTS 2006.00.50 covers other, including mixtures: mixtures under heading 2006 (vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants preserved by sugar…).
Within this group the rate runs from 2.1% to 16%. Compared with 2006.00.40 (vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants…), which pays 2.1%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 13.9 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 16%. 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 16% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 20 (92nd percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,600 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 20%, 1.2 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2006.00.20 | Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallized): cherries | 9.9¢/kg + 6.4% |
| 2006.00.30 | Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallized): ginger root | 2.4% |
| 2006.00.40 | Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallized): pineapples | 2.1% |
| 2006.00.60 | Citrus fruit; peel of citrus or other fruit | 6¢/kg |
| 2006.00.70 | Other: other fruit and nuts | 8% |
| 2006.00.90 | Other: other | 16% |