0201.30.80

Analysis

HTS 0201.30.80 covers boneless: other under heading 0201 (meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 4% to 10%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 0201.30.10 (high-quality beef cuts), at 4%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 22.4 percentage points.

This line's footnotes point to 2 additional provisions in Chapter 99: 9904.02.01 (Chapter 99 provision); 9904.02.37 (Chapter 99 provision). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

Goods that qualify under the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, the Jordan FTA, KORUS, and 6 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 26.4%. GSP does not cover it, so the saving depends on a free-trade agreement and its rules of origin, not on the exporter's development status. Reduced but not zero rates apply under some agreements: See 9822.04.01-9822.04.03 for AU; See 9919.02.01-9919.02.02 for PA.

The general duty rate is 26.4% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 02 (95th percentile of 56 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,640 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

For statistics it divides in two: 0201.30.80.10 for bison and 0201.30.80.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.