2901

Analysis

Heading 2901 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers acyclic hydrocarbons. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 12 eight-digit tariff lines, with 13 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 12 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 13th percentile of the headings in chapter 29.

The largest subheadings are 2901.10 (saturated, 4 lines), 2901.24 (buta-1,3-diene and isoprene, 3 lines), 2901.29 (other, 2 lines) and 2901.21 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Petrochemical Manufacturing (325110) and All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.