Analysis
HTS 2913.00.20 covers 4-Fluoro-3-phenoxybenzaldehyde under heading 2913 (halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 5.5% to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2913.00.50 (halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of…), at 5.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.5 percentage points.
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 2913.00.40 (aromatic: other, 5.5%) and 2913.00.50 (halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives…, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2913.00.40 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2913.00.50 | Halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912: other | 5.5% |