HTS tariff line · chapter 23
2308.00.93
Screenings, scalpings, chaff or scourings, ground, or not ground, of flaxseed (linseed)
Analysis
HTS 2308.00.93 covers screenings, scalpings, chaff or scourings, ground, or not ground, of flaxseed (linseed) under heading 2308 (vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and byproducts, whether or…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.4% to 1.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 2308.00.95 (dehydrated marigolds) at 1.9%, a difference of 1.9 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 48% of the 23 tariff lines in chapter 23 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 2308.00.10 (acorns and horse-chestnuts, 1.4%), 2308.00.95 (dehydrated marigolds, 1.9%) and 2308.00.98 (vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues…, 1.4%).
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 10% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 10% duty.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2308.00.10 | Acorns and horse-chestnuts | 1.4% |
| 2308.00.95 | Dehydrated marigolds | 1.9% |
| 2308.00.98 | Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and byproducts, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included: other | 1.4% |