HTS tariff line · chapter 29
2903.69.10
Acetylene tetrabromide; alkyl bromides, other than methyl bromide (bromomethane); methylene dibromide; and vinyl bromide
Analysis
HTS 2903.69.10 covers acetylene tetrabromide; alkyl bromides, other than methyl bromide (bromomethane); methylene dibromide; and vinyl bromide under heading 2903 (halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5.5%. Compared with 2903.82.00 (aldrin (ISO), chlordane (ISO) and heptachlor (ISO)), which pays 5.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5.5 percentage points.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2903.11.00 | Chloromethane (Methyl chloride) and chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) | 5.5% |
| 2903.12.00 | Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) | 3.7% |
| 2903.13.00 | Chloroform (Trichloromethane) | 5.5% |
| 2903.14.00 | Carbon tetrachloride | 2.3% |
| 2903.15.00 | Ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane) | 5.5% |
| 2903.19.05 | 1,2-Dichloropropane (Propylene dichloride) and dichlorobutanes | 5.1% |
| 2903.19.10 | Hexachloroethane and tetrachloroethane | 3.7% |
| 2903.19.30 | sec-Butyl chloride | Free |
| 2903.19.60 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2903.21.00 | Vinyl chloride (Chloroethylene) | 5.5% |
| 2903.22.00 | Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: trichloroethylene | 4.2% |
| 2903.23.00 | Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) | 3.4% |
| 2903.29.00 | Unsaturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: other | 5.5% |
| 2903.41.10 | Trifluoromethane (HFC-23) | 3.7% |
| 2903.42.10 | Difluoromethane (HFC-32) | 3.7% |
| 2903.43.10 | Fluoromethane (HFC-41), 1,2-difluoroethane (HFC-152) and 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) | 3.7% |
| 2903.44.10 | Pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) and 1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HFC-143) | 3.7% |
| 2903.45.10 | 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134) | 3.7% |
| 2903.46.10 | 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane (HFC-227ea),1,1,1,2,2,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236cb),1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ea) and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa) | 3.7% |
| 2903.47.10 | 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) and 1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca) | 3.7% |
| 2903.48.00 | 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc) and 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC-4310mee) | 3.7% |
| 2903.49.00 | Saturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons: other | 3.7% |
| 2903.51.10 | 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf),1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze) and (Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336mzz) | 3.7% |
| 2903.59.10 | 1,1,3,3,3-Pentafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-prop-1-ene | 3.7% |
| 2903.59.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2903.61.00 | Methyl bromide (bromomethane) | Free |
| 2903.62.10 | Ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane) | 5.4% |
| 2903.69.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2903.71.01 | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) | 3.7% |
| 2903.72.01 | Dichlorotrifluoroethanes (HCFC-123) | 3.7% |
| 2903.73.01 | Dichlorofluoroethanes (HCFC-141, 141b) | 3.7% |
| 2903.74.01 | Chlorodifluoroethanes (HCFC-142, 142b) | 3.7% |
| 2903.75.01 | Dichloropentafluoropropanes (HCFC-225, 225ca, 225cb) | 3.7% |
| 2903.76.01 | Bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon-1211), bromotrifluoromethane (Halon-1301) and dibromotetrafluoroethanes (Halon-2402) | 3.7% |
| 2903.77.00 | Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more different halogens: other, perhalogenated only with fluorine and chlorine | 3.7% |
| 2903.78.00 | Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more different halogens: other perhalogenated derivatives | 3.7% |
| 2903.79.10 | Bromochloromethane | Free |
| 2903.79.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2903.81.00 | 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN) | 5.5% |
| 2903.82.00 | Aldrin (ISO), chlordane (ISO) and heptachlor (ISO) | 5.5% |