Analysis
HTS 0210.93.00 covers of reptiles (including snakes and turtles) under heading 0210 (meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 0210.20.00 (meat of bovine animals) at duty-free, a difference of 2.3 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 2.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 02 (40th percentile of 56 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $230 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 2.3%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 20%, 8.7 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0210.11.00 | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in | 1.4¢/kg |
| 0210.12.00 | Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof | 1.4¢/kg |
| 0210.19.00 | Meat of swine: other | 1.4¢/kg |
| 0210.20.00 | Meat of bovine animals | Free |
| 0210.91.00 | Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal: of primates | 2.3% |
| 0210.92.01 | Of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); of seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia) | 2.3% |
| 0210.99.20 | Meat of poultry of heading 0105 | 2.3% |
| 0210.99.91 | Other: other | 2.3% |