Analysis
HTS 2306.60.00 covers of palm nuts or kernels under heading 2306 (oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets…).
The general rate is 0.32¢/kg, 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 0.32¢/kg. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311224 (Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing), an industry of 190 US establishments employing 10,887 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of 0.32¢/kg has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2306.10.00 | Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 2304 or 2305: of cotton seeds | 0.56¢/kg |
| 2306.20.00 | Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 2304 or 2305: of linseed | 0.12¢/kg |
| 2306.30.00 | Of sunflower seeds | 0.45¢/kg |
| 2306.41.00 | Of low euricic acid rape or colza seeds | 0.17¢/kg |
| 2306.49.00 | Of rape or colza seeds: other | 0.17¢/kg |
| 2306.50.00 | Of coconut or copra | 0.45¢/kg |
| 2306.90.01 | Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 2304 or 2305: other | 0.32¢/kg |