Analysis
HTS 3305.10.00 covers preparations for use on the hair: shampoos under heading 3305 (preparations for use on the hair).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 75% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 75% duty.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 3305.20.00 (preparations for permanent waving or straightening, duty-free), 3305.30.00 (preparations for use on the hair: hair lacquers, duty-free) and 3305.90.00 (preparations for use on the hair: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325620 (Toilet Preparation Manufacturing), an industry of 1,096 US establishments employing 48,968 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 3 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3305.20.00 | Preparations for permanent waving or straightening | Free |
| 3305.30.00 | Preparations for use on the hair: hair lacquers | Free |
| 3305.90.00 | Preparations for use on the hair: other | Free |