2903.77.00

Analysis

HTS 2903.77.00 covers halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more different halogens: other, perhalogenated only with fluorine and chlorine under heading 2903 (halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2903.79.10 (bromochloromethane), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.7 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (34th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.7%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.8 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate trichlorofluoromethane, trichlorotrifluoroethanes, dichlorotetrafluoroethane, monochloropentafluoroethane and dichlorodifluoromethane. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.