Avocados: US importers & duty snapshot
Selling avocados into the United States? Before chasing buyers you need the landed-cost floor: what US Customs actually charges on HTS 0804.40.00. This page pairs the live rate with shipment-chain leads computed from official customs filings — built because exporters keep asking who is buying, not just what the duty is.
Avocados buyer-lead alerts Check duty for HTS 0804.40
Looking for company names today? Shipment Leads for avocados rank the freight forwarders and carriers behind real Chilean customs filings — free, openly licensed, every row linked to its source filing.
Duty snapshot — HTS 0804.40.00
| Item | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| HTS line | 0804.40.00 | Avocados |
| General (Column 1) | 11.2¢/kg | Official USITC schedule, October 9, 2026 extract |
| Duty on $10,000 (CN origin) | $560 at 5,000 kg (CN) | API-computed worked example; scale by your quantity |
| Chapter 99 add-ons | None on this line | No trade-remedy stacking applies here |
| FTA partners at 0% | 17 programs | Qualifying origins enter duty-free under Column 1-special |
| Reporting unit | None printed | Rate applies per kilogram shipped; the schedule prints no separate reporting-unit column for this line |
Source: ExportSonar HTS extract (USITC rebuild of October 9, 2026), pulled live via our public tariff API (/api/v1/tariff?hs=0804.40.00&origin=CN&value=10000) and archived with its fetch timestamp for auditability.
Why we publish “avocado importers USA” numbers free
Search intent around avocado importers USA is commercial, not academic: freight forwarders, trading houses and brand owners scouting distribution. Tariff calculators answer half the question — the other half is who files entries for avocados. Established lead databases charge $50-$1,000/month before you see a single contact. We think pairing free duty data with shipment-chain intelligence serves that intent better — the Shipment Leads link above shows what that looks like in production today.
The numbers above stay free — like every lookup on ExportSonar. No API key, no paywall between you and the rate.
Frequently asked questions
What is the current US duty rate for avocados?
HTS line 0804.40.00 (Avocados) carries a Column 1 general rate of 11.2¢/kg. The figure comes from our own USITC schedule extract dated October 9, 2026; Chapter 99 add-ons and entry fees stack separately.
How do I estimate the full landed cost?
Multiply your customs value by the ad-valorem component, add any per-unit amount, then MPF (0.3464%, $34.58 minimum) and HMF (0.125%). As a rule of thumb, a $10,000 shipment taxed at 10% carries $1,000 in base duty before fees.
How do I get the actual list of US importers for avocados?
There is no importer-name list for sale here and we do not pretend otherwise. What ships now: the free US duty snapshot on this page, plus Shipment Leads for avocados built on the official Chilean Customs export register — named transport-document issuers and carriers per HS line, importer identities pseudonymized at source (NUM_UNICO_IMPORTADOR), provenance on every row.