Analysis
HTS 2909.60.20 covers aromatic: other under heading 2909 (ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol- phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 3.7% to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2909.60.50 (alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides…), at 3.7%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.8 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 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.
The other lines in the same group are 2909.60.10 (products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI, 5.5%) and 2909.60.50 (alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal…, 3.7%).
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2909.60.10 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 5.5% |
| 2909.60.50 | Alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: other | 3.7% |