3002.15.00

Analysis

HTS 3002.15.00 covers immunological products, 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: 3002.15.00.11 for containing monoclonal antibodies and 3002.15.00.91 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 325413 (In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing), an industry of 267 US establishments employing 45,459 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.