2102.20.60

Analysis

HTS 2102.20.60 covers inactive yeasts; other single-cell microorganisms, dead: other under heading 2102 (yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell microorganisms, dead (but not including…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6.4%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2102.20.40 (dried brewers' yeast, crude), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.2 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 3.2% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 21 (23rd percentile of 51 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $320 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 3.2%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 7.8 times the general rate.