Analysis
HTS 2904.10.04 covers 2-Anthracenesulfonic acid under heading 2904 (sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated).
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 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.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 4.2% to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2904.10.50 (other: other), at 4.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.3 percentage points.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2904.10.08 | Benzenesulfonyl chloride | 5.5% |
| 2904.10.10 | m-Benzenedisulfonic acid, sodium salt; 1,5-Naphthalenedisulfonic acid; andp-Toluenesulfonyl chloride | 5.5% |
| 2904.10.15 | Mixtures of 1,3,6-naphthalenetrisulfonic acid and 1,3,7-naphthalenetrisulfonic acid | 5.5% |
| 2904.10.32 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 5.5% |
| 2904.10.37 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2904.10.50 | Other: other | 4.2% |