Analysis
HTS 4113.30.30 covers of reptiles: not fancy under heading 4113 (leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 4113.20.00 (leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including…) at 4.2%, a difference of 4.2 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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 316110 (Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing), an industry of 152 US establishments employing 2,884 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4113.10.30 | Of goats or kids: not fancy | 2.4% |
| 4113.10.60 | Of goats or kids: fancy | 2.8% |
| 4113.20.00 | Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114: of swine | 4.2% |
| 4113.30.60 | Of reptiles: fancy | Free |
| 4113.90.30 | Other: not fancy | 3.3% |
| 4113.90.60 | Other: fancy | 1.6% |