HTS tariff line · chapter 44
4402.20.00
Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated: of shell or nut
Analysis
HTS 4402.20.00 covers wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated: of shell or nut under heading 4402 (wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated).
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 257 tariff lines in chapter 44, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 4402.10.00 (wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or…, duty-free) and 4402.90.01 (wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325194 (Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 68 US establishments employing 5,542 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4402.10.00 | Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated: of bamboo | Free |
| 4402.90.01 | Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated: other | Free |