HTS tariff line · chapter 33
3301.30.00
Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils: resinoids
Analysis
HTS 3301.30.00 covers essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils… under heading 3301 (essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.2%. Compared with 3301.24.00 (of peppermint (Mentha piperita)), which pays 4.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.2 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 63% of the 41 tariff lines in chapter 33, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325211 (Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing), an industry of 1,285 US establishments employing 88,827 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3301.12.00 | Essential oils of citrus fruit: of orange | 2.7% |
| 3301.13.00 | Essential oils of citrus fruit: of lemon | 3.8% |
| 3301.19.10 | Other: of grapefruit | 2.7% |
| 3301.19.51 | Other: other | Free |
| 3301.24.00 | Of peppermint (Mentha piperita) | 4.2% |
| 3301.25.00 | Essential oils other than those of citrus fruit: of other mints | Free |
| 3301.29.10 | Other: of eucalyptus | 1.8% |
| 3301.29.20 | Other: of orris | 1.1% |
| 3301.29.51 | Other: other | Free |
| 3301.90.10 | Extracted oleoresins | 3.8% |
| 3301.90.50 | Other: other | Free |