Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 1404.90
1404.90.30: Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms: istle
Other vegetable products
Not declarable on its own: use one of its 1 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026
- 1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included:
- 1404.90 Other:
- Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example, broomcorn piassava, couch grass and istle), whether or not in hanks or bundles:
- 1404.90.30 Istle
What you pay
Importing into USA
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
Same subheading in other tariffs
1404.90 Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other
USA lines: 1404.90
- 1404.90.10Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other, vegetable hair
- 1404.90.20Broomcorn (Sorghum vulgare var. technicum)
- 1404.90.30Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms: istle
- 1404.90.40Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms: other
- 1404.90.90Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other, other
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.
- N319003 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of Ixtle Fiber Scrubber from Mexico
Legal notes
Notes
1. This chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI: vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.
2. Heading 1401 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to chipwood (heading 4404).
3. Heading 1404 does not apply to wood wool (heading 4405) and prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
In the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 1404.90.30 is one of 5 lines under subheading 1404.90, vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: other.
The general duty is free, and quantities are declared in kg.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 10%, the Brazil duty is 5.4%, the Argentina duty is 5.4%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is 0%–6%, the Taiwan duty is 0%–20%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The United States imported goods of subheading 1404.90 worth US$178m in 2024; the largest supplier was Mexico.
Questions and answers
What is the USA import duty for HTS code 1404.90.30?
The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is free; the supplementary unit is kg. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the United States import these goods from?
For subheading 1404.90 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Mexico (US$105m), followed by India.
Typical products
- coconut shells
- couch-grass
- dom palm seeds
- gall nuts
- gomuti (gumati) fibre
- henna
- loofahs
- myrobalans
- piassava
- quillaia bark
- seeds, for carving
- vine tie grass
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.