Analysis
HTS 2908.19.05 covers 2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro- propane under heading 2908 (halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 5.5% to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2908.19.60 (other: other) at 5.5%, a difference of 5.5 points on the customs value.
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.
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.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2908.19.10 | 6-Chloro-m-cresol [OH=1];m-Chlorophenol; and Chlorothymol | 5.5% |
| 2908.19.15 | 3-Hydroxy-α,α,α-trifluorotoluene | 5.5% |
| 2908.19.20 | Salts of pentachlorophenol; and 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol and its salts | 5.5% |
| 2908.19.25 | Tetrabromobisphenol A | 5.5% |
| 2908.19.35 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 5.5% |
| 2908.19.60 | Other: other | 5.5% |