Analysis
HTS 2918.30.10 covers 1-Formylphenylacetic acid, methyl ester under heading 2918 (carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 2918.30.70 (dimethyl acetyl succinate; Oxalacetic acid diethyl ester, sodium…) at duty-free, a difference of 5.8 points on the customs value.
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 5.8%. 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 5.8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (65th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $580 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2918.30.15 | 2-Chloro-4,5-difluoro-ß-oxobenzenepropanoic acid, ethyl ester; and Ethyl 2-keto-4-phenylbutanoate | Free |
| 2918.30.25 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |
| 2918.30.30 | Other: other | 6.5% |
| 2918.30.70 | Dimethyl acetyl succinate; Oxalacetic acid diethyl ester, sodium salt; 4,4,4-Trifluoro-3-oxobutanoic acid, ethyl ester; and 4,4,4-Trifluoro-3-oxobutanoic acid, methyl ester | Free |
| 2918.30.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |