# HTS 9814.00.50.00: Tea, tea waste and tea siftings and sweepings, all the foregoing to be used solely for manufacturing theine, caffeine or other chemical products whereby the identity and character of the original material is entirely destroyed or changed

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## Duty rates

- **General (MFN) rate:** Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- **Special / FTA rate:** Free (AU,BH, CL,IL,JO,KR, MA,OM, P,PA,PE,S,SG)
- **Column 2 rate:** Free, under bond, as prescribed in U.S. note 1 to this subchapter
- **Percentile among ad-valorem lines:** 5th of 13,544 rated lines

## Classification path

- **Section XXII:** [Special Classification Provisions](https://plaintariff.com/section/xxii-special-classification-provisions)
- **HTS code:** 9814.00.50.00

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