Analysis
HTS 3301.24.00 covers of peppermint (Mentha piperita) under heading 3301 (essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 3301.90.50 (other: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.2 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 4.2% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 33 (82nd percentile of 41 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $420 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 4.2%. 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.0 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3301.12.00 | Essential oils of citrus fruit: of orange | 2.7% |
| 3301.13.00 | Essential oils of citrus fruit: of lemon | 3.8% |
| 3301.19.10 | Other: of grapefruit | 2.7% |
| 3301.19.51 | Other: other | Free |
| 3301.25.00 | Essential oils other than those of citrus fruit: of other mints | Free |
| 3301.29.10 | Other: of eucalyptus | 1.8% |
| 3301.29.20 | Other: of orris | 1.1% |
| 3301.29.51 | Other: other | Free |
| 3301.30.00 | Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils: resinoids | Free |
| 3301.90.10 | Extracted oleoresins | 3.8% |
| 3301.90.50 | Other: other | Free |