HTS tariff line · chapter 68
6808.00.00
Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fiber, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders
Analysis
HTS 6808.00.00 covers panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fiber, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated… under heading 6808 (panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fiber, of straw or of…).
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 60% of the 67 tariff lines in chapter 68 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
It is the only US line under subheading 6808.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 6808.00 points straight here.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 327390 (Other Concrete Product Manufacturing), an industry of 1,821 US establishments employing 60,671 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.