2008.99.50

Analysis

HTS 2008.99.50 covers papayas: other under heading 2008 (fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or…).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 22.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 2008.99.25 (other: dates) at 22.4%, a difference of 20.6 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 1.8% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 20 (21st percentile of 107 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $180 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 19.4 times the general rate.

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 1.8%. 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.