HTS tariff line · chapter 29
2923.20.10
Purified egg phospholipids, pharmaceutical grade meeting requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for use in intravenous fat emulsion
Analysis
HTS 2923.20.10 covers purified egg phospholipids, pharmaceutical grade meeting requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for use in intravenous fat emulsion under heading 2923 (quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.7% to 6.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 2923.90.01 (quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other…) at 6.2%, a difference of 6.2 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
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.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2923.10.00 | Choline and its salts | 3.7% |
| 2923.20.20 | Lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids: other | 5% |
| 2923.30.00 | Tetraethylammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate | 6.2% |
| 2923.40.00 | Didecylmethylammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate | 6.2% |
| 2923.90.01 | Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined: other | 6.2% |