2516.90.00

Analysis

HTS 2516.90.00 covers granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks… under heading 2516 (granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in metric tons.

The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 25 (97th percentile of 78 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $300 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2516.20.10 (crude or roughly trimmed), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3 percentage points.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 16.7 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 2516.90.00.30 for having a thickness of 7.5 cm or more and 2516.90.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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%. 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.