Analysis
HTS 2914.13.00 covers 4-Methylpentan-2-one (Methyl isobutyl ketone) 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 2914.79.60 (1-Chloro-5-hexanone), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4 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 4%. 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 4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (41st percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $400 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 20%, 5.0 times the general rate.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2914.11.10 | Derived in whole or in part from cumene | 5.5% |
| 2914.11.50 | Acetone: other | Free |
| 2914.12.00 | Butanone (Methyl ethyl ketone) | 3.1% |
| 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% |