Analysis
HTS 4102.21.00 covers without wool on: pickled under heading 4102 (raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in pieces and kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2%. The costliest confusion would be with 4102.29.30 (other: other) at 2%, a difference of 2 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 4102.21.00.65 for not split and 4102.21.00.95 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4102.10.10 | With wool on: not pretanned | Free |
| 4102.10.20 | Vegetable pretanned | Free |
| 4102.10.30 | Other: other | 2% |
| 4102.29.10 | Other: not pretanned | Free |
| 4102.29.20 | Vegetable pretanned | Free |
| 4102.29.30 | Other: other | 2% |