HTS heading · chapter 29
2915
Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
Analysis
Heading 2915 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulfonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives. It divides into 16 six-digit subheadings and 40 eight-digit tariff lines, with 47 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
2 of its 40 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (5%) and 38 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 5.5%. The median line pays 4.9%.
The spread of 5.5 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 5.5%, applies to 2915.11.00 (formic acid, its salts and esters: formic acid) and 2915.12.00 (salts of formic acid).
The largest subheadings are 2915.39 (other, 11 lines), 2915.90 (other, 5 lines), 2915.29 (other, 4 lines) and 2915.40 (mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, their salts…, 4 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199) and Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing (325412). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2915.11.00 | Formic acid, its salts and esters: formic acid | 5.5% |
| 2915.12.00 | Salts of formic acid | 5.5% |
| 2915.13.10 | Esters of formic acid: aromatic | 5.5% |
| 2915.13.50 | Esters of formic acid: other | 3.7% |
| 2915.21.00 | Acetic acid and its salts; acetic anhydride: acetic acid | 1.8% |
| 2915.24.00 | Acetic acid and its salts; acetic anhydride: acetic anhydride | 3.5% |
| 2915.29.10 | Cupric acetate monohydrate | Free |
| 2915.29.20 | Other: sodium acetate | 3.7% |
| 2915.29.30 | Other: cobalt acetates | 4.2% |
| 2915.29.50 | Other: other | 2.8% |
| 2915.31.00 | Esters of acetic acid: ethyl acetate | 3.7% |
| 2915.32.00 | Esters of acetic acid: vinyl acetate | 3.8% |
| 2915.33.00 | Esters of acetic acid: n-Butyl acetate | 5.5% |
| 2915.36.00 | Dinoseb (ISO) acetate | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.10 | Odoriferous or flavoring compounds: benzyl acetate | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.20 | Odoriferous or flavoring compounds: other | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.31 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.35 | Other: other | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.40 | Odoriferous or flavoring compounds: linalyl acetate | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.45 | Odoriferous or flavoring compounds: other | 4.8% |
| 2915.39.47 | Acetates of polyhydric alcohols or of polyhydric alcohol ethers | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.60 | Bis(bromoacetoxy)butene | Free |
| 2915.39.70 | Other: isobutyl acetate | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.80 | 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate (Ethylene glycol, monoethyl ether acetate) | 5.5% |
| 2915.39.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2915.40.10 | Chloroacetic acids | 1.8% |
| 2915.40.20 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 5.5% |
| 2915.40.30 | Aromatic: other | 5.5% |
| 2915.40.50 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2915.50.10 | Propionic acid, its salts and esters: propionic acid | 4.2% |
| 2915.50.20 | Other: aromatic | 5.5% |
| 2915.50.50 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2915.60.10 | Butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters: aromatic | 5.5% |
| 2915.60.50 | Butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters: other | 2.1% |
| 2915.70.01 | Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters | 5% |
| 2915.90.10 | Fatty acids of animal or vegetable origin | 5% |
| 2915.90.14 | Other: valproic acid | 4.2% |
| 2915.90.18 | Other: other | 4.2% |
| 2915.90.20 | Other: aromatic | 5.5% |
| 2915.90.50 | Other: other | 3.8% |