2008.97.90

Analysis

HTS 2008.97.90 covers 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 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

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 116.9 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 14.9%. 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 14.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 20 (88th percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,490 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 2.3 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate in containers each holding less than…, containing oranges or grapefruit and prepared cereal products. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.