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Creeping Red Fescue Sovereign Seeds from China

Premium creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra subsp. rubra) seeds, variety Sovereign, used for sowing in lawns and turfgrass applications. Classified under HTS 1209.23.0039 as 'other' creeping red fescue seeds of a kind used for sowing, per Chapter 12 notes excluding products of other headings.

Duty Rate — China → United States

17.5%

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

Verify seed purity and germination certificates from supplier to meet USDA APHIS import requirements; declare as sowing seeds to avoid reclassification; check for noxious weed contaminants common in grass seeds