3002.13.00

Analysis

HTS 3002.13.00 covers immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale under heading 3002 (human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

For statistics it divides in two: 3002.13.00.10 for monoclonal antibodies and 3002.13.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 93% of the 58 tariff lines in chapter 30, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325414 (Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing), an industry of 441 US establishments employing 75,198 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

All 10 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.