1301.20.00

Analysis

HTS 1301.20.00 covers lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams): gum Arabic under heading 1301 (lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 1.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 1301.90.40 (turpentine gum (oleoresinous exudate from living trees)) at 1.3%, a difference of 1.3 points on the customs value.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 62% of the 13 tariff lines in chapter 13 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

The other lines in the same group are 1301.90.40 (turpentine gum (oleoresinous exudate from living trees), 1.3%) and 1301.90.91 (other: other, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 113210 (Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products), an industry of 185 US establishments employing 932 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.