Roses

HTS code 0603.11.00 covers fresh cut roses, suitable for bouquets or ornamental use. Importers should use this code when classifying these flowers, noting a general duty of 6.8% applies, though preferential or free treatment may be available for goods originating in certain countries.

Detailed information for HTS Code 0603.11.00

This duty applies to products within Chapter 6, covering live trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers, and ornamental foliage. Specifically, 0603.11.00 covers fresh roses suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes. This code has two subdivisions: 0603.11.00.30 for ‘Spray’ roses and 0603.11.00.50 for ‘Other’ types of roses; use the appropriate suffix to specify the rose type being reported.

Chapter	Chapter 6 - Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Section	Section II - Vegetable Products

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General Duty

6.80%

Standard trade partners (NTR)

Special Duty

Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

Eligible FTA or preference programs

The general duty rate for HTS code 0603.11.00 (Roses) is 6.80% applicable to goods from standard trade partners (NTR). However, a duty-free rate applies to roses originating from countries with eligible Free Trade Agreements or preference programs, including Australia (AU), Bahrain (BH), Chile (CL), and others listed. This preferential rate applies to both subdivisions 0603.11.00.30 (Spray Roses) and 0603.11.00.50 (Other Roses). Reporting units are not specified, meaning customs may request information on how the goods are measured for valuation purposes.

Rate of Duty (Column 2): 40%

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Code subdivisions

0603.11.00.30

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared: > Fresh: > Roses > Spray

0603.11.00.50

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared: > Fresh: > Roses > Other

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Chapter & section notes

Chapter notes

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 6 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE II 6-1 Notes 1. Subject to the second part of heading 0601, this chapter covers only live trees and goods (including seedling vegetables) of a kind commonly supplied by nursery gardeners or florists for planting or for ornamental use; nevertheless it does not include potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic or other products of chapter 7. 2. Any reference in heading 0603 or 0604 to goods of any kind shall be construed as including a reference to bouquets, floral baskets, wreaths and similar articles made wholly or partly of goods of that kind, account not being taken of accessories of other materials. However, these headings do not apply to collages or similar decorative plaques of heading 9701. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II 6-2

Section notes

SECTION II VEGETABLE PRODUCTS II-1 Note 1. In this section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes II-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

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