Analysis
HTS 2908.19.25 covers tetrabromobisphenol A under heading 2908 (halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2908.19.05 (2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro- propane) at duty-free, a difference of 5.5 points on the customs value.
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.
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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2908.19.05 | 2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro- propane | Free |
| 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% |
| 2908.19.35 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 5.5% |
| 2908.19.60 | Other: other | 5.5% |