Analysis
HTS 2914.79.60 covers 1-Chloro-5-hexanone 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.
The other lines in the same group are 2914.79.10 (2,3-Dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone…, 5.5%), 2914.79.30 (anthraquinone disulfonic acid, sodium salt; and…, duty-free), 2914.79.40 (aromatic: other, 5.5%) and 2914.79.90 (other: other, 4%).
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 2914.79.90 | Other: other | 4% |