2008.30.55

Analysis

HTS 2008.30.55 covers mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: other under heading 2008 (fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or…).

The general rate is 1.4¢/kg, 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, AGOA, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 1.4¢/kg. 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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

The general rate of 1.4¢/kg has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.