Analysis
HTS 2914.50.10 covers 5-Benzoyl-4-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzene-sulfonic acid under heading 2914 (ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 4% to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2914.50.30 (aromatic: other), 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 2914.50.30 (aromatic: other, 5.5%) and 2914.50.50 (ketone-phenols and ketones with other oxygen function: other, 4%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2914.50.30 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2914.50.50 | Ketone-phenols and ketones with other oxygen function: other | 4% |