Analysis
HTS 2917.19.70 covers other: other under heading 2917 (polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2917.19.35 (other: malonic acid), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 14 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4%. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 2917.19.70.20 for plasticizers and 2917.19.70.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The general duty rate is 4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (41st percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $400 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.2 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |