Analysis
HTS 2008.19.90 covers other, including mixtures: other under heading 2008 (fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 22.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 2008.19.10 (brazil nuts and cashews) at duty-free, a difference of 17.9 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 17.9%. 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 17.9% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 20 (95th percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,790 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 2008.19.90.10 for macadamia nuts and 2008.19.90.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 2.0 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2008.19.10 | Brazil nuts and cashews | Free |
| 2008.19.15 | Other, including mixtures: coconuts | 1% |
| 2008.19.20 | Other, including mixtures: filberts | 11.3¢/kg |
| 2008.19.25 | Other, including mixtures: pecans | 9.9¢/kg |
| 2008.19.30 | Pignolia and pistachios | 1¢/kg |
| 2008.19.40 | Other, including mixtures: almonds | 32.6¢/kg |
| 2008.19.50 | Other, including mixtures: watermelon seeds | 6.4% |
| 2008.19.85 | Other, including mixtures: mixtures | 22.4% |