Analysis
HTS 0201.20.02 covers high-quality beef cuts under heading 0201 (meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 4% to 26.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 0201.20.80 (other cuts with bone in: other) at 26.4%, a difference of 22.4 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The general duty rate is 4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 02 (55th percentile of 56 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $400 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 20%, 5.0 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311611 (Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering), an industry of 1,274 US establishments employing 159,965 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0201.20.04 | Processed: other | 10% |
| 0201.20.06 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions: other | 4.4¢/kg |
| 0201.20.10 | High-quality beef cuts | 4% |
| 0201.20.30 | Processed: other | 10% |
| 0201.20.50 | Described in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions: other | 4.4¢/kg |
| 0201.20.80 | Other cuts with bone in: other | 26.4% |