Analysis
HTS 2008.70.20 covers peaches, including nectarines: other peaches 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.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 131.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2008.11.61 (other: other), at 131.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 114.8 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 17%. 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% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 20 (94th percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,700 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 2008.70.20.20 for in containers each holding less than 1.4 kg and 2008.70.20.40 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%, 2.1 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
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% |
| 2008.50.40 | Apricots: other | 29.8% |
| 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% |
| 2008.80.00 | 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% |