Analysis
HTS 2804.29.00 covers rare gases: other under heading 2804 (hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in thousand m3.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2804.90.00 (hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: selenium) at duty-free, a difference of 3.7 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 28 (67th percentile of 274 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 3.7%. 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.8 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2804.29.00.10 | Helium | thousand m3 | 325120 |
| 2804.29.00.20 | Neon | thousand m3 | |
| 2804.29.00.30 | Isotopically pure rare gases having a purity of 99 percent or more by volume | thousand m3 | |
| 2804.29.00.55 | Other | thousand m3 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2804.10.00 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: hydrogen | 3.7% |
| 2804.21.00 | Rare gases: argon | 3.7% |
| 2804.30.00 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: nitrogen | 3.7% |
| 2804.40.00 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: oxygen | 3.7% |
| 2804.50.00 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: boron; tellurium | Free |
| 2804.61.00 | Containing by weight not less than 99.99 percent of silicon | Free |
| 2804.69.10 | Containing by weight less than 99.99 percent but not less than 99 percent of silicon | 5.3% |
| 2804.69.50 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2804.70.00 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: phosphorus | Free |
| 2804.80.00 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: arsenic | Free |
| 2804.90.00 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other nonmetals: selenium | Free |