Analysis
HTS 2825.40.00 covers nickel oxides and hydroxides under heading 2825 (hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2825.90.30 (other: tungsten oxides) at 5.5%, a difference of 5.5 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.
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.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
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% |
| 2825.30.00 | Vanadium oxides and hydroxides | 5.5% |
| 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% |