2208.30.60

Analysis

HTS 2208.30.60 covers whiskies: other under heading 2208 (undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in pf.liters.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 87% of the 39 tariff lines in chapter 22, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

The ten-digit suffixes separate in containers each holding not over 4…, in containers each holding over 4 liters, rye and rye. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 312140 (Distilleries), an industry of 1,349 US establishments employing 26,177 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

All 34 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.