HTS tariff line · chapter 15
1522.00.00
Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes
Analysis
HTS 1522.00.00 covers degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes under heading 1522 (degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable…).
The general duty rate is 3.8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 15 (69th percentile of 37 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $380 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.8%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 30%, 7.9 times the general rate.
It is the only US line under subheading 1522.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 1522.00 points straight here.