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HTS tariff line · chapter 29

2909.60.50

Alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: other

Analysis

HTS 2909.60.50 covers alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives… 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 2909.60.20 (aromatic: other), at 5.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.8 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (34th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

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 3.7%. 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 25%, 6.8 times the general rate.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
2909.60.10Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI5.5%
2909.60.20Aromatic: other5.5%