HTS tariff line · chapter 38
3821.00.00
Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells
Analysis
HTS 3821.00.00 covers prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells under heading 3821 (prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
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 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 3821.00.00.10 for viral transport media and 3821.00.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 38 (60th percentile of 179 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
It is the only US line under subheading 3821.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 3821.00 points straight here.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 5.0 times the general rate.