Analysis
HTS 2102.30.00 covers prepared baking powders under heading 2102 (yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell microorganisms, dead (but not including…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 2102.20.20 (yeasts (except dried brewers' yeast)) at 6.4%, a difference of 6.4 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 16% of the 51 tariff lines in chapter 21 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 2102.10.00 (yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell…, 6.4%), 2102.20.20 (yeasts (except dried brewers' yeast), 6.4%), 2102.20.40 (dried brewers' yeast, crude, duty-free) and 2102.20.60 (inactive yeasts; other single-cell microorganisms, dead…, 3.2%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing), an industry of 872 US establishments employing 31,860 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2102.10.00 | Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell microorganisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading 3002); prepared baking powders: active yeasts | 6.4% |
| 2102.20.20 | Yeasts (except dried brewers' yeast) | 6.4% |
| 2102.20.40 | Dried brewers' yeast, crude | Free |
| 2102.20.60 | Inactive yeasts; other single-cell microorganisms, dead: other | 3.2% |