Analysis
HTS 2309.10.00 covers dog or cat food, put up for retail sale under heading 2309 (preparations of a kind used in animal feeding). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 7.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2309.90.44 (described in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter and entered…), at 7.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 7.5 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 2309.10.00.10 for in airtight containers and 2309.10.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 48% of the 23 tariff lines in chapter 23. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311111 (Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing), an industry of 451 US establishments employing 30,393 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2309.90.10 | Mixed feeds or mixed feed ingredients | Free |
| 2309.90.22 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 7.5% |
| 2309.90.24 | Described in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 7.5% |
| 2309.90.28 | Containing over 10 percent by weight of milk solids: other | 80.4¢/kg + 6.4% |
| 2309.90.42 | Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions | 7.5% |
| 2309.90.44 | Described in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter and entered pursuant to its provisions | 7.5% |
| 2309.90.48 | Other: other | 80.4¢/kg + 6.4% |
| 2309.90.60 | Animal feeds containing egg | 1.9% |
| 2309.90.70 | Preparations, with a basis of vitamin B12, for supplementing animal feed | 1.4% |
| 2309.90.95 | Other: other | 1.4% |