Analysis
HTS 4101.90.10 covers other, including butts, bends and bellies: not pretanned under heading 4101 (raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in pieces and kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 2.4% to 5%. The costliest confusion would be with 4101.90.40 (vegetable pretanned) at 5%, a difference of 5 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 22% of the 121 tariff lines in chapter 41 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 4101.90.35 (of bovine animals (including buffalo): of buffalo, 2.4%), 4101.90.40 (vegetable pretanned, 5%), 4101.90.50 (other: other, 3.3%) and 4101.90.70 (other: other, 3.3%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 311611 (Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering), an industry of 1,274 US establishments employing 159,965 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4101.90.35 | Of bovine animals (including buffalo): of buffalo | 2.4% |
| 4101.90.40 | Vegetable pretanned | 5% |
| 4101.90.50 | Other: other | 3.3% |
| 4101.90.70 | Other: other | 3.3% |