4001.30.00

Analysis

HTS 4001.30.00 covers balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums under heading 4001 (natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 39% of the 142 tariff lines in chapter 40. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

The other lines in the same group are 4001.10.00 (natural rubber latex, whether or not pre-vulcanized, duty-free), 4001.21.00 (natural rubber in other forms: smoked sheets, duty-free), 4001.22.00 (technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), duty-free) and 4001.29.00 (natural rubber in other forms: other, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 113210 (Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products), an industry of 185 US establishments employing 932 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.