Analysis
HTS 0206.21.00 covers of bovine animals, frozen: tongues under heading 0206 (edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies…).
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 36% of the 56 tariff lines in chapter 02, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311611 (Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering), an industry of 1,274 US establishments employing 159,965 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 8 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0206.10.00 | Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0206.22.00 | Of bovine animals, frozen: livers | Free |
| 0206.29.00 | Of bovine animals, frozen: other | Free |
| 0206.30.00 | Of swine, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0206.41.00 | Of swine, frozen: livers | Free |
| 0206.49.00 | Of swine, frozen: other | Free |
| 0206.80.00 | Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen: other, fresh or chilled | Free |
| 0206.90.00 | Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen: other, frozen | Free |