2701.12.00

Analysis

HTS 2701.12.00 covers coal, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated: bituminous coal under heading 2701 (coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in metric tons.

For statistics it divides in two: 2701.12.00.10 for metallurgical coal and 2701.12.00.50 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 89% of the 46 tariff lines in chapter 27. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

The other lines in the same group are 2701.11.00 (coal, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated…, duty-free), 2701.19.00 (coal, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated…, duty-free) and 2701.20.00 (briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured…, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 21211 (Coal Mining), an industry of 491 US establishments employing 42,347 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.