2707.30.00

Analysis

HTS 2707.30.00 covers oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the… under heading 2707 (oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in litres.

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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325194 (Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 68 US establishments employing 5,542 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

The ten-digit suffixes separate m-Xylene, o-Xylene and p-Xylene. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.