Analysis
HTS 2929.10.80 covers other: other under heading 2929 (compounds with other nitrogen function). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 2929.10.27 (n-Butylisocyanate; Cyclohexyl isocyanate…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes 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 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 2929.10.80.10 for methylenedi-p-phenylene isocyanate (MDI) and 2929.10.80.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2929.10.10 | Toluenediisocyanates (unmixed) | 6.5% |
| 2929.10.15 | Mixtures of 2,4- and 2,6-toluenediisocyanates | 6.5% |
| 2929.10.20 | Bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI);o-Isocyanic acid, o-tolyl ester; and Xylene diisocyanate | 5.8% |
| 2929.10.27 | N-Butylisocyanate; Cyclohexyl isocyanate; 1-Isocyanato-3-(trifluoromethyl) benzene; 1,5-Naphthalene diisocyanate; and Octadecyl isocyanate | Free |
| 2929.10.30 | 3,4-Dichlorophenylisocyanate | 6.5% |
| 2929.10.35 | 1,6-Hexamethylene diisocyanate | 6.5% |
| 2929.10.55 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |