Analysis
HTS 2905.39.60 covers other: hexylene glycol under heading 2905 (acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 5.5% to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2905.39.90 (other: other) at 5.5%, a difference of 5.5 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 54.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 54.5% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 2905.39.10 (other: butylene glycol, 5.5%), 2905.39.20 (other: neopentyl glycol, 5.5%) and 2905.39.90 (other: other, 5.5%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325199 (All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 894 US establishments employing 77,304 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2905.39.10 | Other: butylene glycol | 5.5% |
| 2905.39.20 | Other: neopentyl glycol | 5.5% |
| 2905.39.90 | Other: other | 5.5% |