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HTS tariff line · chapter 29

2923.90.01

Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined: other

Analysis

HTS 2923.90.01 covers quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined: other under heading 2923 (quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2923.20.10 (purified egg phospholipids, pharmaceutical grade meeting requirements…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 6.2 percentage points.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 6.2%. 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 6.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (67th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $620 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
2923.10.00Choline and its salts3.7%
2923.20.10Purified egg phospholipids, pharmaceutical grade meeting requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for use in intravenous fat emulsionFree
2923.20.20Lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids: other5%
2923.30.00Tetraethylammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate6.2%
2923.40.00Didecylmethylammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate6.2%