Analysis
HTS 2829.90.25 covers other: sodium bromate under heading 2829 (chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.7%. Compared with 2829.90.61 (other: other), which pays 3.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 29% of the 274 tariff lines in chapter 28, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 2829.90.05 (other: potassium bromate, duty-free), 2829.90.40 (other: of potassium, 3.1%) and 2829.90.61 (other: other, 3.7%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325180 (Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 705 US establishments employing 41,447 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2829.90.05 | Other: potassium bromate | Free |
| 2829.90.40 | Other: of potassium | 3.1% |
| 2829.90.61 | Other: other | 3.7% |