Analysis
HTS 2915.29.10 covers cupric acetate monohydrate under heading 2915 (saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 2.8% to 4.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 2915.29.30 (other: cobalt acetates) at 4.2%, a difference of 4.2 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 2915.29.20 (other: sodium acetate, 3.7%), 2915.29.30 (other: cobalt acetates, 4.2%) and 2915.29.50 (other: other, 2.8%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2915.29.20 | Other: sodium acetate | 3.7% |
| 2915.29.30 | Other: cobalt acetates | 4.2% |
| 2915.29.50 | Other: other | 2.8% |