Analysis
HTS 1302.11.00 covers vegetable saps and extracts: opium under heading 1302 (vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 1302.12.00 (vegetable saps and extracts: of licorice), at 3.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.8 percentage points.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 62% of the 13 tariff lines in chapter 13. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 113210 (Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products), an industry of 185 US establishments employing 932 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1302.12.00 | Vegetable saps and extracts: of licorice | 3.8% |
| 1302.13.00 | Vegetable saps and extracts: of hops | 89¢/kg |
| 1302.14.01 | Vegetable saps and extracts: of ephedra | 1% |
| 1302.19.21 | Poppy straw extract | Free |
| 1302.19.41 | Ginseng; substances having anesthetic, prophylactic or therapeutic properties: other | 1% |
| 1302.19.91 | Other: other | Free |
| 1302.20.00 | Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates | Free |
| 1302.31.00 | Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: agar-agar | Free |
| 1302.32.00 | Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds | Free |
| 1302.39.00 | Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: other | 3.2% |