Analysis
HTS 2827.49.10 covers other: of vanadium under heading 2827 (chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2827.60.10 (of calcium or of copper), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.5 percentage points.
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2827.10.00 | Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides: ammonium chloride | 2.9% |
| 2827.20.00 | Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides: calcium chloride | Free |
| 2827.31.00 | Other chlorides: of magnesium | 1.5% |
| 2827.32.00 | Other chlorides: of aluminum | Free |
| 2827.35.00 | Other chlorides: of nickel | 3.7% |
| 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% |
| 2827.39.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2827.41.00 | Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides: of copper | 3.9% |
| 2827.49.50 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2827.51.00 | Bromides of sodium or of potassium | Free |
| 2827.59.25 | Of ammonium, of calcium or of zinc | Free |
| 2827.59.51 | Other: other | 3.6% |
| 2827.60.10 | Of calcium or of copper | Free |
| 2827.60.20 | Iodides and iodide oxides: of potassium | 2.8% |
| 2827.60.51 | Iodides and iodide oxides: other | 4.2% |