Analysis
HTS 2917.36.00 covers terephthalic acid and its salts under heading 2917 (polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2917.39.12 (4,4'-(Hexafluoroisopropylidene)bis(phthalic anhydride)) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 2917.14.50 | Maleic anhydride: other | 4.2% |
| 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% |
| 2917.37.00 | 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% |