Analysis
HTS 0203.29.20 covers other: processed under heading 0203 (meat of swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen).
The general rate is 1.4¢/kg, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
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 1.4¢/kg. 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.
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.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of 1.4¢/kg.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0203.11.00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses | Free |
| 0203.12.10 | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in: processed | 1.4¢/kg |
| 0203.12.90 | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in: other | Free |
| 0203.19.20 | Other: processed | 1.4¢/kg |
| 0203.19.40 | Other: other | Free |
| 0203.21.00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses | Free |
| 0203.22.10 | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in: processed | 1.4¢/kg |
| 0203.22.90 | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in: other | Free |
| 0203.29.40 | Other: other | Free |