Analysis
HTS 2916.32.10 covers benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride: benzoyl peroxide under heading 2916 (unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2916.39.77 (esters of phenylacetic acid) at duty-free, a difference of 6.5 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 6.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 29 (83rd percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $650 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 6.5%. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2916.11.00 | Acrylic acid and its salts | 4.2% |
| 2916.12.10 | Esters of acrylic acid: aromatic | 6.5% |
| 2916.12.50 | Esters of acrylic acid: other | 3.7% |
| 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% |
| 2916.32.20 | 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% |