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HTS tariff line · chapter 28

2836.60.00

Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate: barium carbonate

Analysis

HTS 2836.60.00 covers carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate: barium carbonate under heading 2836 (carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing…).

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 2836.99.20 (other: bismuth carbonate), which pays 5.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.2 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 2.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 28 (42nd percentile of 274 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $230 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 2.3%. 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.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
2836.20.00Disodium carbonate1.2%
2836.30.00Sodium hydrogencarbonate (Sodium bicarbonate)Free
2836.40.10Dipotassium carbonate1.9%
2836.40.20Potassium hydrogencarbonate (Potassium bicarbonate)1.3%
2836.50.00Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate: calcium carbonateFree
2836.91.00Lithium carbonates3.7%
2836.92.00Strontium carbonate4.2%
2836.99.10Other: cobalt carbonates4.2%
2836.99.20Other: bismuth carbonate5.5%
2836.99.30Commercial ammonium carbonate and other ammonium carbonates1.7%
2836.99.40Other: lead carbonates0.5%
2836.99.50Other: other3.7%

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