Analysis
HTS 2827.39.90 covers other: other under heading 2827 (chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
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.
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 2.1 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 28 (67th percentile of 274 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 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 3.7%. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 2827.39.90.10 for of lithium and 2827.39.90.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2827.39.90.10 | Of lithium | kg | |
| 2827.39.90.50 | Other | kg |
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% |
| 2827.39.40 | Other: of tungsten | 5.5% |
| 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% |
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