Analysis
HTS 1602.41.10 covers containing cereals or vegetables under heading 1602 (other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects).
The general duty rate is 6.4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 16 (83rd percentile of 108 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $640 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 6.4%. 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 other lines in the same group are 1602.41.20 (boned and cooked and packed in airtight containers, 5.3¢/kg) and 1602.41.90 (other: other, 1.4¢/kg).
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 20%, 3.1 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311611 (Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering), an industry of 1,274 US establishments employing 159,965 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1602.41.20 | Boned and cooked and packed in airtight containers | 5.3¢/kg |
| 1602.41.90 | Other: other | 1.4¢/kg |