1302.20.00

Analysis

HTS 1302.20.00 covers pectic substances, pectinates and pectates 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.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing), an industry of 872 US establishments employing 31,860 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.