3003.39

Analysis

Subheading 3003.39 covers other, within heading 3003. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.

Every one of its 2 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The US splits it as follows: 3003.39.10 for artificial mixtures of natural hormones (duty-free) and 3003.39.50 for other: other (duty-free).

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

Goods only reach 3003.39 once they fall within heading 3003 (medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.