Analysis
HTS 2915.70.01 covers palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters under heading 2915 (saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2915.39.60 (bis(bromoacetoxy)butene), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (45th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 29.5%, 5.9 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring 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% |
| 2915.90.10 | 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% |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.08 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter