2701.20.00

Analysis

HTS 2701.20.00 covers briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal under heading 2701 (coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal).

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 89% of the 46 tariff lines in chapter 27 that are also free. 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), 2701.12.00 (coal, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated…, duty-free) and 2701.19.00 (coal, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated…, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 324199 (All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing), an industry of 67 US establishments employing 2,925 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

All 3 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.