Analysis
HTS 2941.20.10 covers dihydrostreptomycin and its derivatives; salts thereof under heading 2941 (antibiotics).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to duty-free. Compared with 2941.90.50 (other: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.5% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 29 (28th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $350 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 3.5%. 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%, 7.1 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325412 (Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing), an industry of 1,436 US establishments employing 170,029 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2941.10.10 | Ampicillin and its salts | Free |
| 2941.10.20 | Penicillin G salts | Free |
| 2941.10.30 | Carfecillin, sodium; Cloxacillin, sodium; Dicloxacillin, sodium; Flucloxacillin (Floxacillin); and Oxacillin, sodium | Free |
| 2941.10.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 2941.20.50 | Streptomycins and their derivatives; salts thereof: other | Free |
| 2941.30.00 | Tetracyclines and their derivatives; salts thereof | Free |
| 2941.40.00 | Chloramphenicol and its derivatives; salts thereof | Free |
| 2941.50.00 | Erythromycin and its derivatives; salts thereof | Free |
| 2941.90.10 | Other: natural | Free |
| 2941.90.30 | Aromatic or modified aromatic | Free |
| 2941.90.50 | Other: other | Free |