Analysis
HTS 2515.11.00 covers crude or roughly trimmed under heading 2515 (marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3%. The costliest confusion would be with 2515.20.00 (marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or building stone…) at 3%, a difference of 3 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 91% of the 78 tariff lines in chapter 25 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 2515.12.10 (merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of…, duty-free), 2515.12.20 (merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of…, 3%) and 2515.20.00 (marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or…, 3%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 212311 (Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying), an industry of 379 US establishments employing 4,660 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2515.12.10 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: marble | Free |
| 2515.12.20 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: travertine | 3% |
| 2515.20.00 | Marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster | 3% |