Chapter 19, Cereal and flour preparations / Heading 1905

HTS 1905.31.00.42: Certified organic, sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers, sweet biscuits

Schedule text: Certified organic. Classification: Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty capsules of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products › Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers › Sweet biscuits › Other › Other › Certified organic

General rate of duty

Free

Column 1, USITC schedule

From China, all in

20%

Priced live by the Gateway engine

Section 301 China

7.5%

List 4A

Forced labor 301

12.5%

9903.05.31

How the rate is built

Each line is a separate legal authority. They stack on the $10,000 customs value unless a carve-out says otherwise.

ProgramRateAmount
General rate of duty (Column 1)
Official rate: Free
1905.31.00.42
0%$0.00
Section 301 China (List 4A)
7.5%$750.00
Section 301 forced labor
9903.05.31
12.5%$1,250.00
Effective duty rate
20%$2,000.00

Stack priced from China on a $10,000 customs value, ocean entry. Other origins carry different programs; the calculator prices any of them.

Related lines

Statistical lines under the same 8-digit heading share one legal rate; the last two digits report statistics.

  • 1905.31.00Sweet biscuits (rate line, Free)
  • 1905.31.00.21Containing peanuts or peanut products
  • 1905.31.00.29Other
  • 1905.31.00.41Containing peanuts or peanut products
  • 1905.31.00.45Other
  • 1905.31.00.49Other
  • 1905.31.00.25Cookies, sweet biscuits

Questions about this example

What is HTS code 1905.31.00.42?
HTS 1905.31.00.42 covers certified organic, sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers, sweet biscuits; the schedule's own line text is "Certified organic". Its full classification path in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is: Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty capsules of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products › Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers › Sweet biscuits › Other › Other › Certified organic. It sits in chapter 19 (Cereal and flour preparations) under heading 1905.
What is the general duty rate for HTS 1905.31.00.42?
The Column 1 general rate of duty is Free. That is the most-favored-nation rate before any Section 301, Section 232, Section 338, Section 201 or antidumping and countervailing action, and before CBP's Merchandise Processing and Harbor Maintenance fees.
What is the tariff on HTS 1905.31.00.42 from China?
Priced on $10,000 of goods, the effective duty from China is 20%: 0% general rate + 7.5% Section 301 + 12.5% forced labor. Section 301 applies (List 4A). The Section 301 forced-labor duty applies.
Which lines are related to HTS 1905.31.00.42?
It is a statistical line under the 8-digit rate line 1905.31.00 (Sweet biscuits), which has 6 other statistical lines. All lines under one 8-digit heading share the same legal duty rate; the tenth digit reports statistics.