Analysis
HTS 2516.11.00 covers crude or roughly trimmed under heading 2516 (granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3%. Compared with 2516.90.00 (granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building…), which pays 3%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 91% of the 78 tariff lines in chapter 25, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 2516.12.00 (merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of…, 2.8%), 2516.20.10 (crude or roughly trimmed, duty-free), 2516.20.20 (merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of…, 3%) and 2516.90.00 (granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental…, 3%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 212311 (Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying), an industry of 379 US establishments employing 4,660 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2516.12.00 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 2.8% |
| 2516.20.10 | Crude or roughly trimmed | Free |
| 2516.20.20 | Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape | 3% |
| 2516.90.00 | Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: other monumental or building stone | 3% |