HTS heading · chapter 20
2009
Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
Analysis
Heading 2009 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. It divides into 17 six-digit subheadings and 31 eight-digit tariff lines, with 64 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 31 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 7th percentile of the headings in chapter 20.
28 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The largest subheadings are 2009.89 (other, 5 lines), 2009.31 (of a Brix value not exceeding 20, 4 lines), 2009.39 (other, 3 lines) and 2009.12 (not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20, 2 lines).
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2009.11.00 | Orange juice: frozen | 7.85¢/liter |
| 2009.12.25 | Not concentrated and not made from a juice having a degree of concentration of 1.5 or more (as determined before correction to the nearest 0.5 degree) | 4.5¢/liter |
| 2009.12.45 | Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20: other | 7.85¢/liter |
| 2009.19.00 | Orange juice: other | 7.85¢/liter |
| 2009.21.20 | Not concentrated and not made from a juice having a degree of concentration of 1.5 or more (as determined before correction to the nearest 0.5 degree) | 4.5¢/ liter |
| 2009.21.40 | Of a Brix value not exceeding 20: other | 7.9¢/liter |
| 2009.29.00 | Grapefruit juice; pomelo juice: other | 7.9¢/liter |
| 2009.31.10 | Unfit for beverage purposes | 1.8¢/kg |
| 2009.31.20 | Lime: other | 1.7¢/liter |
| 2009.31.40 | Other: not concentrated | 3.4¢/liter |
| 2009.31.60 | Other: concentrated | 7.9¢/liter |
| 2009.39.10 | Unfit for beverage purposes | 1.8¢/kg |
| 2009.39.20 | Lime: other | 1.7¢/liter |
| 2009.39.60 | Other: other | 7.9¢/liter |
| 2009.41.20 | Not concentrated, or having a degree of concentration of not more than 3.5 (as determined before correction to the nearest 0.5 degree) | 4.2¢/liter |
| 2009.41.40 | Of a Brix value not exceeding 20: other | 1¢/liter |
| 2009.49.20 | Not concentrated, or having a degree of concentration of not more than 3.5 (as determined before correction to the nearest 0.5 degree) | 4.2¢/liter |
| 2009.49.40 | Other: other | 1¢/liter |
| 2009.50.00 | Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: tomato juice | 0.14¢/liter |
| 2009.61.00 | Of a Brix value not exceeding 30 | 4.4¢/liter |
| 2009.69.00 | Grape juice (including grape must): other | 4.4¢/liter |
| 2009.71.00 | Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 | Free |
| 2009.79.00 | Apple juice: other | Free |
| 2009.81.00 | Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos) juice; lingonberry (Vaccinium, vitis-idaea) juice | 0.5¢/liter |
| 2009.89.20 | Fruit juice: pear juice | Free |
| 2009.89.40 | Fruit juice: prune juice | 0.64¢/liter |
| 2009.89.65 | Fruit juice: cherry Juice | 0.5¢/liter |
| 2009.89.70 | Fruit juice: other | 0.5¢/liter |
| 2009.89.80 | Other: vegetable juice | 0.2¢/liter |
| 2009.90.20 | Mixtures of juices: vegetable | 0.2¢/liter |
| 2009.90.40 | Mixtures of juices: other | 7.4¢/liter |