Live Hosta Plant with Soil from China
Live hosta (Hosta spp.) herbaceous perennial plant with soil attached to its fibrous roots, provided by nursery gardeners for shade garden ornamentation. HTS 0602.90.30 applies to such 'other' live herbaceous perennials with soil, as per chapter notes for nursery-supplied plants.
Duty Rate — China → United States
18.9%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Include origin country's soil import authorization; document as 'nursery stock' not vegetables
• Common pitfall: misdeclaring soil-free leads to wrong duty