Analysis
HTS 4416.00.30 covers casks, barrels and hogsheads under heading 4416 (casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 4416.00.90 (casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts…), at 3.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.2 percentage points.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 257 tariff lines in chapter 44. 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 4416.00.60 (staves and hoops; tight barrelheads of softwood, duty-free) and 4416.00.90 (casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and…, 3.2%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321920 (Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing), an industry of 2,793 US establishments employing 60,890 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4416.00.60 | Staves and hoops; tight barrelheads of softwood | Free |
| 4416.00.90 | Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves: other | 3.2% |