Analysis
HTS 2916.12.50 covers esters of acrylic acid: other under heading 2916 (unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 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.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.5%. Compared with 2916.39.77 (esters of phenylacetic acid), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (34th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 3.7%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.8 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2916.11.00 | Acrylic acid and its salts | 4.2% |
| 2916.12.10 | Esters of acrylic acid: aromatic | 6.5% |
| 2916.13.00 | Methacrylic acid and its salts | 4.2% |
| 2916.14.10 | Dicyclopentenyloxyethyl methacrylate | Free |
| 2916.14.20 | Esters of methacrylic acid: other | 3.7% |
| 2916.15.10 | Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids | 6.5% |
| 2916.15.51 | Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters: other | 4.4% |
| 2916.16.00 | Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: binapacryl (ISO) | 3.7% |
| 2916.19.10 | Other: potassium sorbate | 3.1% |
| 2916.19.20 | Other: sorbic acid | 4.2% |
| 2916.19.30 | Other: acids | 6.1% |
| 2916.19.50 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 2916.20.10 | (2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-4-methylphenyl)methyl- (1α-3α)-(Z)-(±)-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1- propenyl-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) (Tefluthrin) | Free |
| 2916.20.50 | Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: other | 3.7% |
| 2916.31.11 | Benzoic acid and its salts | 6.5% |
| 2916.31.20 | Odoriferous or flavoring compounds | 6.5% |
| 2916.31.30 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |
| 2916.31.50 | Other: other | 6.5% |
| 2916.32.10 | Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride: benzoyl peroxide | 6.5% |
| 2916.32.20 | Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride: benzoyl chloride | 6.5% |
| 2916.34.10 | Phenylacetic acid (α-Toluic acid) | 6.5% |
| 2916.34.15 | Odoriferous or flavoring compounds | 6.5% |
| 2916.34.25 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |
| 2916.34.55 | Other: other | Free |
| 2916.39.03 | Benzoic anhydride;tert-Butyl peroxybenzoate;p-Nitrobenzoyl chloride; 2-Nitro-m-toluic acid; and 3-Nitro-o-toluic acid | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.04 | m-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid; andp-Sulfobenzoic acid, potassium salt | Free |
| 2916.39.06 | Other: cinnamic acid | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.08 | 4-Chloro-3-nitrobenzoic acid | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.12 | 4-Chloro-3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid and its esters | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.15 | Other: ibuprofen | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.16 | 4-Chlorobenzoic acid | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.17 | 2,2-Dichlorophenylacetic acid, ethyl ester; andm-Toluic acid | Free |
| 2916.39.21 | Odoriferous or flavoring compounds | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.46 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |
| 2916.39.77 | Esters of phenylacetic acid | Free |
| 2916.39.79 | Other: other | 6.5% |
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