Analysis
HTS 2903.93.00 covers pentachlorobenzene (ISO) under heading 2903 (halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons).
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 5.5 percentage points.
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 5.5%. 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 general duty rate is 5.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (55th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $550 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
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% |
| 2903.69.10 | Acetylene tetrabromide; alkyl bromides, other than methyl bromide (bromomethane); methylene dibromide; and vinyl bromide | Free |
| 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% |