HTS chapter · section VI
Chapter 29
Products of the chemical or allied industries
Chapter 29 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sits in section VI (products of the chemical or allied industries). It has 42 headings and 1051 eight-digit tariff lines.
The spread of 6.5 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here.
277 of its 1050 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (26%) and 773 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 6.5%. The median line pays 5.5%.
1 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The most finely divided heading is 2933 (heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only), with 113 lines; fine division usually means the rates or the trade statistics differ enough to be worth separating.
4 of its 42 headings are entirely duty-free at the general rate, including 2901 (acyclic hydrocarbons), 2902 (cyclic hydrocarbons) and 2936 (provitamins and vitamins, natural or…).
Headings
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2901 | Acyclic hydrocarbons | 12 | 12 | duty-free |
| 2902 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | 17 | 17 | duty-free |
| 2903 | Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons | 65 | 8 | 3.7% |
| 2904 | Sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated | 31 | 1 | 5.5% |
| 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 35 | 6 | 4.95% |
| 2906 | Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 12 | 3 | 5.5% |
| 2907 | Phenols; phenol-alcohols | 20 | 3 | 5.5% |
| 2908 | Halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols | 21 | 2 | 5.5% |
| 2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol- phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether… | 31 | 4 | 5.5% |
| 2910 | Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 8 | 0 | 4.8% |
| 2911 | Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 2 | 1 | 2.65% |
| 2912 | Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde | 23 | 3 | 5.5% |
| 2913 | Halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912 | 3 | 1 | 5.5% |
| 2914 | Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated, or nitrosated derivatives | 35 | 9 | 4% |
| 2915 | Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated… | 40 | 2 | 4.9% |
| 2916 | Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated,… | 37 | 6 | 6.5% |
| 2917 | Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 32 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 2918 | Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or… | 56 | 11 | 6% |
| 2919 | Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | 5 | 1 | 3.7% |
| 2920 | Esters of other inorganic acids of nonmetals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated… | 13 | 1 | 3.7% |
| 2921 | Amine-function compounds | 65 | 14 | 6.5% |
| 2922 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds | 64 | 15 | 6.5% |
| 2923 | Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined | 6 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2924 | Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid | 38 | 12 | 6.5% |
| 2925 | Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds | 14 | 5 | 5.1% |
| 2926 | Nitrile-function compounds | 21 | 7 | 6.5% |
| 2927 | Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds | 8 | 2 | 6.15% |
| 2928 | Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine | 5 | 1 | 3.7% |
| 2929 | Compounds with other nitrogen function | 12 | 2 | 6.5% |
| 2930 | Organo-sulfur compounds | 22 | 7 | 3.7% |
| 2931 | Other organo-inorganic compounds | 25 | 2 | 3.7% |
| 2932 | Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only | 29 | 5 | 6.5% |
| 2933 | Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only | 113 | 33 | 6.5% |
| 2934 | Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds | 40 | 9 | 6.5% |
| 2935 | Sulfonamides | 19 | 5 | 6.5% |
| 2936 | Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and… | 13 | 13 | duty-free |
| 2937 | Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain… | 17 | 17 | duty-free |
| 2938 | Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives | 2 | 0 | 2.6% |
| 2939 | Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives | 21 | 20 | duty-free |
| 2940 | Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than… | 2 | 1 | 2.9% |
| 2941 | Antibiotics | 12 | 11 | duty-free |
| 2942 | Other organic compounds | 5 | 1 | 6.5% |