HTS tariff line · chapter 29
2905.11.10
Imported only for use in producing synthetic natural gas (SNG) or for direct use as a fuel
Analysis
HTS 2905.11.10 covers imported only for use in producing synthetic natural gas (SNG) or for direct use as a fuel under heading 2905 (acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5.5%. Compared with 2905.59.90 (other: other), 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.
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.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2905.11.20 | Methanol (Methyl alcohol): other | 5.5% |
| 2905.12.00 | Propan-1-ol (Propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (Isopropyl alcohol) | 5.5% |
| 2905.13.00 | Butan-1-ol (n-Butyl alcohol) | 5.5% |
| 2905.14.10 | tert-Butyl alcohol, having a purity of less than 99 percent by weight | Free |
| 2905.14.50 | Other butanols: other | 5.5% |
| 2905.16.00 | Octanol (Octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof | 3.7% |
| 2905.17.00 | Dodecan-1-ol (Lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-ol (Cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol (Stearyl alcohol) | 5% |
| 2905.19.10 | Pentanol (Amyl alcohol) and isomers thereof | 5.5% |
| 2905.19.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2905.22.10 | Acyclic terpene alcohols: geraniol | 3% |
| 2905.22.20 | Acyclic terpene alcohols: isophytol | 3.7% |
| 2905.22.50 | Acyclic terpene alcohols: other | 4.8% |
| 2905.29.10 | Other: allyl alcohol | 5.5% |
| 2905.29.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2905.31.00 | Ethylene glycol (Ethanediol) | 5.5% |
| 2905.32.00 | Propylene glycol (Propane-1,2-diol) | 5.5% |
| 2905.39.10 | Other: butylene glycol | 5.5% |
| 2905.39.20 | Other: neopentyl glycol | 5.5% |
| 2905.39.60 | Other: hexylene glycol | Free |
| 2905.39.90 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2905.41.00 | 2-Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol (Trimethylolpropane) | 3.7% |
| 2905.42.00 | Other polyhydric alcohols: pentaerythritol | 3.7% |
| 2905.43.00 | Other polyhydric alcohols: mannitol | 4.6% |
| 2905.44.00 | D-Glucitol (Sorbitol) | 4.9% |
| 2905.45.00 | Other polyhydric alcohols: glycerol | 0.5¢/kg |
| 2905.49.10 | Triols and tetrols | 3.7% |
| 2905.49.20 | Esters of glycerol formed with acids of heading 2904 | 5.5% |
| 2905.49.30 | Polyhydric alcohols derived from sugars: xylitol | Free |
| 2905.49.40 | Polyhydric alcohols derived from sugars: other | 5.5% |
| 2905.49.50 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2905.51.00 | Ethchlorvynol (INN) | Free |
| 2905.59.10 | Derivatives of monohydric alcohols | 5.5% |
| 2905.59.30 | Dibromoneopentylglycol | Free |
| 2905.59.90 | Other: other | 5.5% |