Analysis
HTS 1602.90.91 covers other, including preparations of blood of any animal: 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 6.4%, 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 6.4 percentage points.
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.
For statistics it divides in two: 1602.90.91.60 for canned and 1602.90.91.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1602.10.10 | Put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or for dietetic purposes | 1.9% |
| 1602.10.50 | Put up for retail sale as food suitable for young children | 6.4% |
| 1602.20.20 | Of liver of any animal: of goose | 4.9¢/kg |
| 1602.20.40 | Of liver of any animal: other | 3.2% |
| 1602.31.00 | Of poultry of heading 0105: of turkeys | 6.4% |
| 1602.32.00 | Of poultry of heading 0105: of chickens | 6.4% |
| 1602.39.00 | Of poultry of heading 0105: other | 6.4% |
| 1602.41.10 | Containing cereals or vegetables | 6.4% |
| 1602.41.20 | Boned and cooked and packed in airtight containers | 5.3¢/kg |
| 1602.41.90 | Other: other | 1.4¢/kg |
| 1602.42.20 | Boned and cooked and packed in airtight containers | 4.2¢/kg |
| 1602.42.40 | Shoulders and cuts thereof: other | 1.4¢/kg |
| 1602.49.10 | Other, including mixtures: offal | 3.2% |
| 1602.49.20 | Boned and cooked and packed in air- tight containers | 4.2¢/kg |
| 1602.49.40 | Not containing cereals or vegetables: other | 1.4¢/kg |
| 1602.49.60 | Mixtures of pork and beef | 3.2% |
| 1602.49.90 | Other: other | 6.4% |
| 1602.50.05 | Of bovine animals: offal | 2.3% |
| 1602.50.07 | Corned beef in airtight containers | Free |
| 1602.50.08 | Cured or pickled: other | 4.5% |
| 1602.50.21 | In airtight containers | 1.4% |
| 1602.50.60 | Other: other | 1.8% |
| 1602.50.90 | Other: other | 2.5% |
| 1602.90.10 | Other, including preparations of blood of any animal: frog meat | 2.7% |