Analysis
HTS 2909.19.30 covers triethylene glycol dichloride under heading 2909 (ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol- phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 5.5% to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2909.19.60 (ethers of polyhydric alcohols: other), at 5.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.5 percentage points.
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.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29. 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 2909.19.14 (methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), 5.5%), 2909.19.18 (ethers of monohydric alcohols: other, 5.5%) and 2909.19.60 (ethers of polyhydric alcohols: 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. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2909.19.14 | Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) | 5.5% |
| 2909.19.18 | Ethers of monohydric alcohols: other | 5.5% |
| 2909.19.60 | Ethers of polyhydric alcohols: other | 5.5% |