Analysis
HTS 2917.14.50 covers maleic anhydride: other under heading 2917 (polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2917.39.12 (4,4'-(Hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(phthalic anhydride)), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.2 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 4.2%. 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 4.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (42nd percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $420 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.0 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2917.11.00 | Oxalic acid, its salts and esters | 3.1% |
| 2917.12.10 | Adipic acid, its salts and esters: adipic acid | 6.5% |
| 2917.12.20 | Other: plasticizers | 6.5% |
| 2917.12.50 | Other: other | 6.5% |
| 2917.13.00 | Azelaic acid, sebacic acid, their salts and esters | 4.8% |
| 2917.14.10 | Derived in whole or in part from benzene or other aromatic hydrocarbons | 6.5% |
| 2917.19.10 | Other: ferrous fumarate | 6.5% |
| 2917.19.15 | Derived in whole or in part from aromatic hydrocarbons | 6.5% |
| 2917.19.17 | Fumaric acid: other | 4.2% |
| 2917.19.20 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |
| 2917.19.23 | Other: maleic acid | 6.5% |
| 2917.19.27 | Other: other | 6.5% |
| 2917.19.30 | Ethylene brassylate | 4.8% |
| 2917.19.35 | Other: malonic acid | Free |
| 2917.19.40 | Derived in whole or in part from aromatic hydrocarbons | 6.5% |
| 2917.19.70 | Other: other | 4% |
| 2917.20.00 | Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | 4.2% |
| 2917.32.00 | Dioctyl orthophthalates | 6.5% |
| 2917.33.00 | Dinonyl or didecyl orthophthalates | 6.5% |
| 2917.34.01 | Aromatic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: other esters of orthophthalic acid | 6.5% |
| 2917.35.00 | Phthalic anhydride | 6.5% |
| 2917.36.00 | Terephthalic acid and its salts | 6.5% |
| 2917.37.00 | Dimethyl terephthalate | 6.5% |
| 2917.39.04 | 1,2,4-Benzenetricarboxylic acid, 1,2-dianhydride (Trimellitic anhydride); Phthalic acid; and 4-Sulfo-1,8-naphthalic anhydride | 6.5% |
| 2917.39.08 | Naphthalic anhydride | Free |
| 2917.39.12 | 4,4'-(Hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(phthalic anhydride) | Free |
| 2917.39.15 | Other: isophthalic acid | 6.5% |
| 2917.39.17 | Tetrabromophthalic anhydride | 6.5% |
| 2917.39.20 | Other: plasticizers | 6.5% |
| 2917.39.30 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |
| 2917.39.70 | Other: other | 6.5% |