2901.10.40

Analysis

HTS 2901.10.40 covers derived in whole or in part from petroleum, shale oil or natural gas under heading 2901 (acyclic hydrocarbons).

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.

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 2901.10.10 (saturated: ethane and butane, duty-free), 2901.10.30 (n-Pentane and isopentane, duty-free) and 2901.10.50 (other: other, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325110 (Petrochemical Manufacturing), an industry of 76 US establishments employing 10,888 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

All 3 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.