Analysis
HTS 2811.19.30 covers other: hydrobromic acid under heading 2811 (other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of nonmetals).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 2.3% to 4.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 2811.19.61 (other: other) at 4.2%, a difference of 4.2 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 29% of the 274 tariff lines in chapter 28 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 2811.19.10 (other: arsenic acid, 2.3%) and 2811.19.61 (other: other, 4.2%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325180 (Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 705 US establishments employing 41,447 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2811.19.10 | Other: arsenic acid | 2.3% |
| 2811.19.61 | Other: other | 4.2% |