3201

Analysis

Heading 3201 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 5 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

3 of its 5 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (60%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.1%. The median line pays duty-free.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 9th percentile of the headings in chapter 32.

The largest subheadings are 3201.90 (other, 3 lines), 3201.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 3201.20 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing (325194). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.