0502

Analysis

Heading 0502 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brushmaking hair; waste of such bristles or hair. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 2 eight-digit tariff lines, with 2 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 2 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

1 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.

The largest subheadings are 0502.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 0502.90 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 38th percentile of the headings in chapter 05.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering (311611) and All Other Animal Production (112990). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.