Analysis
HTS 2617.90.00 covers other ores and concentrates: other under heading 2617 (other ores and concentrates). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
For statistics it divides in two: 2617.90.00.30 for beryllium ores and concentrates and 2617.90.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 97% of the 39 tariff lines in chapter 26. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other line in the same group is 2617.10.00 (antimony ores and concentrates, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 21229 (Other Metal Ore Mining), an industry of 58 US establishments employing 3,719 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2617.10.00 | Antimony ores and concentrates | Free |