2941

Analysis

Heading 2941 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers antibiotics. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 12 eight-digit tariff lines, with 17 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

11 of its 12 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (92%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.5%. The median line pays duty-free.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 13th percentile of the headings in chapter 29.

The largest subheadings are 2941.10 (penicillins and their derivatives with a…, 4 lines), 2941.90 (other, 3 lines), 2941.20 (streptomycins and their derivatives; salts thereof, 2 lines) and 2941.30 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing (325412) and Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing (325411). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.