Analysis
HTS 2905.43.00 covers other polyhydric alcohols: mannitol under heading 2905 (acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2905.59.30 (dibromoneopentylglycol), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.6 percentage points.
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 4.6%. 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 50%, 10.9 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 4.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (44th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $460 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2905.11.10 | Imported only for use in producing synthetic natural gas (SNG) or for direct use as a fuel | Free |
| 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% |
| 2905.44.00 | 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% |