1521.10.00

Analysis

HTS 1521.10.00 covers vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or colored: vegetable waxes under heading 1521 (vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 1521.90.20 (other: bleached beeswax) at 4.8%, a difference of 4.8 points on the customs value.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 46% of the 37 tariff lines in chapter 15 that are also free. 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 1521.90.20 (other: bleached beeswax, 4.8%) and 1521.90.40 (other: other, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325998 (All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing), an industry of 1,319 US establishments employing 42,583 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.