Analysis
HTS 2825.70.00 covers molybdenum oxides and hydroxides under heading 2825 (hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal…).
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5.5%. Compared with 2825.90.75 (other: cadmium oxide), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.2 percentage points.
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 3.2%. 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 general duty rate is 3.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 28 (54th percentile of 274 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $320 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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% |
| 2825.40.00 | 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% |
| 2825.80.00 | 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% |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.08 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter