Analysis
HTS 4113.30.60 covers of reptiles: fancy under heading 4113 (leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 4113.20.00 (leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including…), at 4.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.2 percentage points.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 22% of the 121 tariff lines in chapter 41. 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 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% 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. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
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% |
| 4113.30.30 | Of reptiles: not fancy | Free |
| 4113.90.30 | Other: not fancy | 3.3% |
| 4113.90.60 | Other: fancy | 1.6% |