Analysis
HTS 4416.00.60 covers staves and hoops; tight barrelheads of softwood under heading 4416 (casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.2%. Compared with 4416.00.90 (casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts…), which pays 3.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.2 percentage points.
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 4416.00.30 (casks, barrels and hogsheads, duty-free) and 4416.00.90 (casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and…, 3.2%).
The ten-digit suffixes separate staves, hoops, tight barrelheads and staves. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4416.00.30 | Casks, barrels and hogsheads | Free |
| 4416.00.90 | Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves: other | 3.2% |