Analysis
HTS 3002.12.00 covers antisera and other blood fractions under heading 3002 (human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 93% of the 58 tariff lines in chapter 30 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.
The ten-digit suffixes separate human blood plasma, normal human blood sera, whether or not…, human immune blood sera and fetal Bovine Serum. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325414 (Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing), an industry of 441 US establishments employing 75,198 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
All 10 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3002.13.00 | Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | Free |
| 3002.14.00 | Immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | Free |
| 3002.15.00 | Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | Free |
| 3002.41.00 | Vaccines for human medicine | Free |
| 3002.42.00 | Vaccines for veterinary medicine | Free |
| 3002.49.00 | Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products: other | Free |
| 3002.51.00 | Cell therapy products | Free |
| 3002.59.00 | Cell cultures, whether or not modified: other | Free |
| 3002.90.10 | Other: ferments | Free |
| 3002.90.52 | Other: other | Free |