Analysis
HTS 2902.20.00 covers cyclic hydrocarbons: benzene under heading 2902 (cyclic 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 324110 (Petroleum Refineries), an industry of 143 US establishments employing 55,064 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 16 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2902.11.00 | Cyclanes, cyclenes and cycloterpenes: cyclohexane | Free |
| 2902.19.00 | Cyclanes, cyclenes and cycloterpenes: other | Free |
| 2902.30.00 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: toluene | Free |
| 2902.41.00 | Xylenes: o-Xylene | Free |
| 2902.42.00 | Xylenes: m-Xylene | Free |
| 2902.43.00 | Xylenes: p-Xylene | Free |
| 2902.44.00 | Mixed xylene isomers | Free |
| 2902.50.00 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: styrene | Free |
| 2902.60.00 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: ethylbenzene | Free |
| 2902.70.00 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: cumene | Free |
| 2902.90.10 | Other: pseudocumene | Free |
| 2902.90.20 | Acenaphthene, chrysene, cymene, dimethylnaphthalenes, fluoranthene, fluorene, indene, mesitylene, methylanthracene, methylnaphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene | Free |
| 2902.90.30 | Alkylbenzenes and polyalkylbenzenes | Free |
| 2902.90.40 | Anthracene; and 1,4-Di-(2-methylstyryl)benzene | Free |
| 2902.90.60 | Biphenyl (Diphenyl), in flakes | Free |
| 2902.90.90 | Other: other | 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