Analysis
HTS 2825.30.00 covers vanadium oxides and hydroxides under heading 2825 (hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms and V kg.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2825.90.75 (other: cadmium oxide) at duty-free, a difference of 5.5 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 5.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 28 (95th percentile of 274 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $550 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 5.5%. 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 40%, 7.3 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 2825.30.00.10 for vanadium pentoxide (anhydride) and 2825.30.00.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2825.10.00 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts | 3.7% |
| 2825.20.00 | Lithium oxide and hydroxide | 3.7% |
| 2825.40.00 | Nickel oxides and hydroxides | Free |
| 2825.50.10 | Copper oxides and hydroxides: cupric oxide | 4.3% |
| 2825.50.20 | Copper oxides and hydroxides: cuprous oxide | 5% |
| 2825.50.30 | Copper oxides and hydroxides: copper hydroxides | 3.9% |
| 2825.60.00 | Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide | 3.7% |
| 2825.70.00 | Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides | 3.2% |
| 2825.80.00 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides: antimony oxides | Free |
| 2825.90.10 | Beryllium oxide and hydroxide | 3.7% |
| 2825.90.15 | Other: niobium oxide | 3.7% |
| 2825.90.20 | Other: tin oxides | 4.2% |
| 2825.90.30 | Other: tungsten oxides | 5.5% |
| 2825.90.75 | Other: cadmium oxide | Free |
| 2825.90.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |