Analysis
HTS 2914.61.00 covers quinones: anthraquinone under heading 2914 (ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2914.79.40 (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.
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.
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% |
| 2914.11.50 | 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% |
| 2914.31.00 | 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% |
| 2914.62.00 | 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% |