Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 0709.99

0709.99.90

0709.99.90: Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: other, other, other

Other fresh vegetables

Not declarable on its own: use one of its 4 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 22 October 2026

  1. 0709 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:
  2. Other:
  3. 0709.99 Other:
  4. 0709.99.90 Other

What you pay

Importing into USA

Customs duty 20% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure
VAT no federal VAT; a Merchandise Processing Fee of 0.3464 % is charged on formal entries
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US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Additional duties and charges 1

  • Additional dutySection 301 — China — technology transfer, IP and innovation (2018 actions and 2024 four-year review) 25%
    Applies to goods from
    China
    In force
    from 24 September 2018
    Legal act
    HTSUS 9903.88.03

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
General (MFN)—20%
US–Australia FTA AUAustraliaFree
US–Bahrain FTA BHBahrainFree
US–Chile FTA CLChileFree
US–Colombia TPA COColombiaFree
US–Israel FTA ILIsraelFree
US–Jordan FTA JOJordanFree
US–Korea FTA KRSouth KoreaFree
US–Morocco FTA MAMoroccoFree
US–Oman FTA OMOmanFree
CAFTA-DR PCosta Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaFree
US–Panama TPA PAPanamaFree
US–Peru TPA PEPeruFree
USMCA SCanada, MexicoFree
US–Singapore FTA SGSingaporeFree
Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus50%

Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).

Subdivisions

  1. 0709.99.90 Other 20%
  2. 0709.99.90.05 Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) kg
  3. 0709.99.90.10 Cilantro kg
  4. 0709.99.90.30 Cactus leaves kg
  5. 0709.99.90.85 Other kg

Same subheading in other tariffs

0709.99 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: other, other

UK 4% – 12% Third-country duty 14 tariff lines · average 10.7% · 2× specific or compound duty EU 5.6% – 12.8% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 9.4% · 1× specific or compound duty Türkiye 5% – 19.5% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 18.1%

USA lines: 0709.99

Binding rulings for similar goods

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

  • N284039 U.S. CBP 23 March 2017 · 0709.99.90.00

    The tariff classification of eryngium foetidum from Costa Rica

Legal notes

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover forage products of heading 1214.

2. In headings 0709 to 0712, the word ‘vegetables’ includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana).

3. Heading 0712 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 0701 to 0711, other than:

  1. (a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 0713);

  2. (b) sweetcorn in the forms specified in headings 1102 to 1104;

  3. (c) flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 1105);

  4. (d) flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 (heading 1106).

4. However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this chapter (heading 0904).

5. Heading 0711 applies to vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.

Chapter notes: Chapter 07 →

In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 0709.99.90 is one of 6 lines under subheading 0709.99, other vegetables, fresh or chilled: other, other.

The general duty is 20%.

4 statistical sub-lines below it are used in the declaration.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is 4%–12%, the EU duty is 5.6%–12.8% and the Türkiye duty is 5%–19.5%.

The United States imported goods of subheading 0709.99 worth US$494.5m in 2024; the largest supplier was Mexico, and the United Kingdom ranked 8th with US$3.4m.

Questions and answers

What is the USA import duty for HTS code 0709.99.90?

The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 20%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Is there a lower rate for 0709.99.90 under US trade agreements?

Yes. The Special column reads “Free (A+,AU, BH, CL, CO,D,E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM,P, PA, PE,S, SG)”: the letters in brackets name the agreements and programmes that grant it.

Where does the United States import these goods from?

For subheading 0709.99 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Mexico (US$354.5m), followed by Honduras.

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