Analysis
HTS 2008.50.40 covers apricots: other under heading 2008 (fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 131.8%. Compared with 2008.11.61 (other: other), which pays 131.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 102 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 29.8%. 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 29.8% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 20 (98th percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,980 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 1.2 times the general rate.
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2008.11.02 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | Free |
| 2008.11.05 | Described in additional U.S. note 5 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | Free |
| 2008.11.15 | Peanut butter and paste: other | 131.8% |
| 2008.11.43 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6.6¢/kg |
| 2008.11.46 | Described in additional U.S. note 2 to chapter 12 and entered pursuant to its provisions | 6.6¢/kg |
| 2008.11.61 | Other: other | 131.8% |
| 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% |
| 2008.19.90 | Other, including mixtures: other | 17.9% |
| 2008.20.00 | Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: pineapples | 0.35¢/kg |
| 2008.30.10 | Of oranges, mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids | 2¢/kg |
| 2008.30.20 | Peel: of lemons | 4.2¢/kg |
| 2008.30.30 | Peel: other | 11.3¢/kg |
| 2008.30.35 | Pulp: orange | 11.2% |
| 2008.30.37 | Pulp: other | 6.8% |
| 2008.30.40 | Other: oranges | 1.4¢/kg |
| 2008.30.42 | For an aggregate quantity entered in any calendar year not to exceed 40,000 metric tons | Free |
| 2008.30.46 | Satsumas, in airtight containers: other | 0.28¢/kg |
| 2008.30.48 | Mandarins: other | 0.28¢/kg |
| 2008.30.55 | Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: other | 1.4¢/kg |
| 2008.30.60 | Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia): lemons | 0.8¢/kg |
| 2008.30.66 | Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia): limes | 14% |
| 2008.30.70 | Other: grapefruit | 1.1¢/kg |
| 2008.30.80 | Other: kumquats | 0.55¢/kg |
| 2008.30.85 | Other: citron | 14% |
| 2008.30.96 | Other: other, including bergamots | 14% |
| 2008.40.00 | Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: pears | 15.3% |
| 2008.50.20 | Apricots: pulp | 10% |
| 2008.60.00 | Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: cherries | 6.9¢/kg + 4.5% |
| 2008.70.10 | Peaches, including nectarines: nectarines | 16% |
| 2008.70.20 | Peaches, including nectarines: other peaches | 17% |
| 2008.80.00 | Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: strawberries | 11.9% |
| 2008.91.00 | Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008.19: palm hearts | 0.9% |
| 2008.93.00 | Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos); lingonberries (Vaccinium, vitis-idaea) | 4.5% |