Analysis
HTS 2901.29.50 covers other: other under heading 2901 (acyclic hydrocarbons).
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.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325199 (All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 894 US establishments employing 77,304 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2901.10.10 | Saturated: ethane and butane | Free |
| 2901.10.30 | n-Pentane and isopentane | Free |
| 2901.10.40 | Derived in whole or in part from petroleum, shale oil or natural gas | Free |
| 2901.10.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 2901.21.00 | Unsaturated: ethylene | Free |
| 2901.22.00 | Propene (Propylene) | Free |
| 2901.23.00 | Butene (Butylene) and isomers thereof | Free |
| 2901.24.10 | Buta-1,3-diene and isoprene: buta-1,3-diene | Free |
| 2901.24.20 | Having a purity of 95 percent or more by weight | Free |
| 2901.24.50 | Isoprene: other | Free |
| 2901.29.10 | Derived in whole or in part from petroleum, shale oil or natural gas | Free |
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