Analysis
HTS 2914.31.00 covers phenylacetone (Phenylpropan-2-one) under heading 2914 (ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2914.79.60 (1-Chloro-5-hexanone) at duty-free, a difference of 5.5 points on the customs value.
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 5.5%. 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 5.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (55th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $550 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325199 (All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 894 US establishments employing 77,304 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
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% |
| 2914.13.00 | 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% |
| 2914.39.10 | 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% |