Analysis
HTS 2911.00.10 covers 1,1-Bis(1-methylethoxy)cyclohexane under heading 2911 (acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their…).
Within this group the rate runs from 5.3% to 5.3%. Compared with 2911.00.50 (acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function…), which pays 5.3%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5.3 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 36.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 36.5% duty.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other line in the same group is 2911.00.50 (acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen…, 5.3%).
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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2911.00.50 | Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: other | 5.3% |