Analysis
HTS 0208.90.25 covers other: frogsʼ legs under heading 0208 (other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.4%. Compared with 0208.90.91 (other: other), which pays 6.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.4 percentage points.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 0208.90.20 (other: deer, duty-free), 0208.90.30 (quail, eviscerated, not in pieces, 7¢/kg) and 0208.90.91 (other: other, 6.4%).
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 10% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 10% duty.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0208.90.20 | Other: deer | Free |
| 0208.90.30 | Quail, eviscerated, not in pieces | 7¢/kg |
| 0208.90.91 | Other: other | 6.4% |