Analysis
HTS 2914.11.50 covers acetone: other under heading 2914 (ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5.5%. Compared with 2914.79.40 (aromatic: other), which pays 5.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5.5 percentage points.
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
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.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2914.11.10 | Derived in whole or in part from cumene | 5.5% |
| 2914.12.00 | Butanone (Methyl ethyl ketone) | 3.1% |
| 2914.13.00 | 4-Methylpentan-2-one (Methyl isobutyl ketone) | 4% |
| 2914.19.00 | Acyclic ketones without other oxygen function: other | 4% |
| 2914.22.10 | Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones: cyclohexanone | 5.5% |
| 2914.22.20 | Methylcyclohexanones | 5.5% |
| 2914.23.00 | Ionones and methylionones | 5.5% |
| 2914.29.10 | Other: isophorone | 4% |
| 2914.29.30 | Camphor: natural | Free |
| 2914.29.31 | Camphor: synthetic | 2.6% |
| 2914.29.50 | Other: other | 4.8% |
| 2914.31.00 | Phenylacetone (Phenylpropan-2-one) | 5.5% |
| 2914.39.10 | 7-Acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyl-tetra hydro naphthalene; 1-(2-Naphthalenyl) ethanone; and 6-Acetyl-1,1,2,3,3,5-hexamethylindan | Free |
| 2914.39.90 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2914.40.10 | 4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one (Diacetone alcohol) | 4% |
| 2914.40.20 | 1,2,3-Indantrione monohydrate (Ninhydrin) | 5.5% |
| 2914.40.40 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2914.40.60 | 1,3-Dihydroxyacetone | Free |
| 2914.40.90 | Other: other | 4.8% |
| 2914.50.10 | 5-Benzoyl-4-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzene-sulfonic acid | Free |
| 2914.50.30 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2914.50.50 | Ketone-phenols and ketones with other oxygen function: other | 4% |
| 2914.61.00 | Quinones: anthraquinone | Free |
| 2914.62.00 | Coenzyme Q10 (ubidecarenone (INN) | 5.5% |
| 2914.69.10 | Photographic chemicals | 5.5% |
| 2914.69.21 | Other: drugs | 5.5% |
| 2914.69.60 | 1,4-Dihydroxyanthraquinone; and 2-Ethylanthraquinone | Free |
| 2914.69.90 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2914.71.00 | Halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: chlordecone (ISO) | 4% |
| 2914.79.10 | 2,3-Dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone 1,8-Dihydroxy-4,5-dinitroanthraquinone; and 4-tert-Butyl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dinitroacetophenone (Musk ketone) and other artificial musks | 5.5% |
| 2914.79.30 | Anthraquinone disulfonic acid, sodium salt; and 4-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1-tetralone | Free |
| 2914.79.40 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2914.79.60 | 1-Chloro-5-hexanone | Free |
| 2914.79.90 | Other: other | 4% |