Analysis
HTS 2925.29.20 covers other: drugs under heading 2925 (carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.5%. Compared with 2925.29.70 (tetramethylguanidine), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.5 percentage points.
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 13 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 325411 (Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing), an industry of 761 US establishments employing 30,382 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2925.29.10 | N'-(4-Chloro-o-tolyl)-N,N- diemthylformamidine; Bunamidine hydrochloride; and Pentamidine | 6.5% |
| 2925.29.18 | N,N'-Diphenylguanidine; 3-Dimethyl amino methyleneiminophenol hydrochloride; 1,3-Di-o-tolylguanidine; andN,N-Dimethyl-N'-[3-[[(methylamino) carbonyl]- oxy] phenyl] methanimidamide monohydro- chloride | Free |
| 2925.29.60 | Other: other | 6.5% |
| 2925.29.70 | Tetramethylguanidine | Free |
| 2925.29.90 | Other: other | 3.7% |