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[entrepreneurial]

Hello everyone,

I've been browsing these forums for the last month or so but haven't made any posts yet. I've found this to be a great community with tons of helpful information from people in the know.

I have a question about column 2 of the Tariff Schedule: what's it for? I couldn't find anything in the document or the Trade Commission Website. I've imported items without any charges when they were listed as "Free" in column 1 (under general), even if they had a % in column 2.

The section in question has been highlighted in red.


Schedules can be downloaded from http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[worktillyoudie]

The "general" rates of duty subcolumn contains U.S. normal trade relations duty rates; products of some NTR countries may be eligible for preferential tariff programs, as reflected in the "special" subcolumn. Column 2 (the so-called "statutory rates") applies to countries listed in general note 3(b); the general notes set forth the rules for applying the HTS. Embargoes, anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and other very specific matters administered by the Executive Branch are not contained in the HTS.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...+column+2&meta=

[entrepreneurial]

Thanks for the help -- everything is clear now.