HTS tariff line · chapter 35
3506.10.10
Animal glue, including casein glue, but not including fish glue
Analysis
HTS 3506.10.10 covers animal glue, including casein glue, but not including fish glue under heading 3506 (prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.1%. Compared with 3506.91.10 (optically clear free-film adhesives and optically clear curable…), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 6.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 35 (96th percentile of 14 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $650 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 6.5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 30.4%, 4.7 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3506.10.50 | Products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg: other | 2.1% |
| 3506.91.10 | Optically clear free-film adhesives and optically clear curable liquid adhesives of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of flat panel displays or touch-sensitive screen panels | Free |
| 3506.91.50 | Adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber: other | 2.1% |
| 3506.99.00 | Other: other | 2.1% |