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HTS tariff line · chapter 29

2917.20.00

Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives

Analysis

HTS 2917.20.00 covers cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives under heading 2917 (polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their…).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.5%. Compared with 2917.39.12 (4,4'-(Hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(phthalic anhydride)), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves 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 14 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

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
2917.11.00Oxalic acid, its salts and esters3.1%
2917.12.10Adipic acid, its salts and esters: adipic acid6.5%
2917.12.20Other: plasticizers6.5%
2917.12.50Other: other6.5%
2917.13.00Azelaic acid, sebacic acid, their salts and esters4.8%
2917.14.10Derived in whole or in part from benzene or other aromatic hydrocarbons6.5%
2917.14.50Maleic anhydride: other4.2%
2917.19.10Other: ferrous fumarate6.5%
2917.19.15Derived in whole or in part from aromatic hydrocarbons6.5%
2917.19.17Fumaric acid: other4.2%
2917.19.20Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI6.5%
2917.19.23Other: maleic acid6.5%
2917.19.27Other: other6.5%
2917.19.30Ethylene brassylate4.8%
2917.19.35Other: malonic acidFree
2917.19.40Derived in whole or in part from aromatic hydrocarbons6.5%
2917.19.70Other: other4%
2917.32.00Dioctyl orthophthalates6.5%
2917.33.00Dinonyl or didecyl orthophthalates6.5%
2917.34.01Aromatic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: other esters of orthophthalic acid6.5%
2917.35.00Phthalic anhydride6.5%
2917.36.00Terephthalic acid and its salts6.5%
2917.37.00Dimethyl terephthalate6.5%
2917.39.041,2,4-Benzenetricarboxylic acid, 1,2-dianhydride (Trimellitic anhydride); Phthalic acid; and 4-Sulfo-1,8-naphthalic anhydride6.5%
2917.39.08Naphthalic anhydrideFree
2917.39.124,4'-(Hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(phthalic anhydride)Free
2917.39.15Other: isophthalic acid6.5%
2917.39.17Tetrabromophthalic anhydride6.5%
2917.39.20Other: plasticizers6.5%
2917.39.30Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI6.5%
2917.39.70Other: other6.5%