Analysis
HTS 4602.19.14 covers of palm leaf: wickerwork under heading 4602 (basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plaiting materials…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 18%. The costliest confusion would be with 4602.19.25 (of palm leaf: other) at 18%, a difference of 18 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 50% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 50% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 27% of the 48 tariff lines in chapter 46 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321999 (All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing), an industry of 2,327 US establishments employing 31,381 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4602.19.05 | Fishing baskets or creels | 5% |
| 4602.19.12 | Other baskets and bags, whether or not lined: of willow | 5.8% |
| 4602.19.16 | Of palm leaf: other | 5% |
| 4602.19.17 | Other: wickerwork | Free |
| 4602.19.18 | Other: other | 4.5% |
| 4602.19.22 | Luggage, handbags and flatgoods, whether or not lined: of willow | 5.8% |
| 4602.19.23 | Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag | 9% |
| 4602.19.25 | Of palm leaf: other | 18% |
| 4602.19.29 | Luggage, handbags and flatgoods, whether or not lined: other | 5.3% |
| 4602.19.35 | Of willow or wood: wickerwork | Free |
| 4602.19.45 | Of willow or wood: other | 6.6% |
| 4602.19.60 | Other: wickerwork | Free |
| 4602.19.80 | Other: other | 2.3% |