Analysis
HTS 2827.39.40 covers other: of tungsten under heading 2827 (chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides…).
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.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.6% to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2827.39.65 (other: of zinc) at 1.6%, a difference of 3.9 points on the customs value.
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 45.5%, 8.3 times the general rate.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2827.39.10 | Other: of vanadium | 5.5% |
| 2827.39.25 | Other: of tin | 4.2% |
| 2827.39.30 | Other: of titanium | 4.9% |
| 2827.39.45 | Other: of barium | 4.2% |
| 2827.39.55 | Other: of iron | 3.7% |
| 2827.39.60 | Other: of cobalt | 4.2% |
| 2827.39.65 | Other: of zinc | 1.6% |
| 2827.39.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |