Analysis
HTS 2009.69.00 covers grape juice (including grape must): other under heading 2009 (fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in litres.
The general rate is 4.4¢/liter, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
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 4.4¢/liter. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 2009.69.00.40 for frozen and 2009.69.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311411 (Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing), an industry of 218 US establishments employing 27,520 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring 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 |
| 2009.71.00 | 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 |