Analysis
HTS 0202.30.04 covers processed: other under heading 0202 (meat of bovine animals, frozen).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 4% to 26.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 0202.30.80 (boneless: other) at 26.4%, a difference of 16.4 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 10%. 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 10% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 02 (81st percentile of 56 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,000 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 20%, 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0202.30.02 | High-quality beef cuts | 4% |
| 0202.30.06 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions: other | 4.4¢/kg |
| 0202.30.10 | High-quality beef cuts | 4% |
| 0202.30.30 | Processed: other | 10% |
| 0202.30.50 | Described in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions: other | 4.4¢/kg |
| 0202.30.80 | Boneless: other | 26.4% |