Analysis
HTS 2839.19.00 covers of sodium: other under heading 2839 (silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.1% to 3.1%. The costliest confusion would be with 2839.90.50 (other: other) at 3.1%, a difference of 2 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 1.1% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 28 (32nd percentile of 274 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $110 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The other lines in the same group are 2839.11.00 (sodium metasilicates, 1.1%), 2839.90.10 (other: of potassium, 3.1%) and 2839.90.50 (other: other, 3.1%).
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 1.1%. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2839.11.00 | Sodium metasilicates | 1.1% |
| 2839.90.10 | Other: of potassium | 3.1% |
| 2839.90.50 | Other: other | 3.1% |