1602.50.90

Analysis

HTS 1602.50.90 covers other: other under heading 1602 (other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 1602.50.07 (corned beef in airtight containers), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.5 percentage points.

For statistics it divides in two: 1602.50.90.20 for prepared meals and 1602.50.90.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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 2.5%. 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 general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 16 (51st percentile of 108 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.