Analysis
HTS 2934.99.47 covers other: drugs under heading 2934 (nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 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 2934.99.70 (morpholinoethyl chloride hydrochloride…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 29 (34th percentile of 1050 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 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 3.7%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.8 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2934.99.47.20 | Rocuronium (INN) and its salts | kg | |
| 2934.99.47.30 | Tacrolimus (INN) and its salts | kg | |
| 2934.99.47.40 | Timolol maleate and its salts | kg | |
| 2934.99.47.90 | Other | kg |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2934.99.01 | Mycophenolate mofetil | Free |
| 2934.99.03 | 2-Acetylbenzo(b)thiophene; 3-Methylene-7-(2-phenoxyacetamido)- cephan-4-carboxylic acid, p-nitrobenzyl ester, 1-oxide; and Naphth[1,2-d]-[1,2,3]-oxadiazole-5-sulfonic acid and its sodium salt | Free |
| 2934.99.05 | 5-Amino-3-phenyl-1,2,4-thiadiazole (3-Phenyl-5-amino-1,2,4-thiadiazole); 2-Hydroxybenzoxazole (Benzoxazolone); 4-Phenylmorpholine; 1,9-Thianthrenedicarboxylic acid; and Thioxanthene-9-one (Thioxanthone) | 5.8% |
| 2934.99.06 | 7-Nitronaphth[1,2]oxadiazole-5-sulfonic acid and its salts | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.07 | Ethyl 2-[4-[(6-chloro-2-benzoxazolyl)oxy]- phenoxy]propanoate (Fenoxaprop-ethyl) | Free |
| 2934.99.08 | 2,5-Diphenyloxazole | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.09 | 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one | Free |
| 2934.99.11 | 2-tert-Butyl-4-(2,4-dichloro-5- isopropoxyphenyl)-Δ²-1,3,4- oxadiazolin-5-one; 3-Isopropyl-1H-2,1,3- benzothiadiazin-4-(3H)-one-2,2- dioxide (Bentazon); andO,O-Diethyl-S-[(6-chloro-2- oxobenzoxazolin-3-yl)methyl]- phosphorodithioate (Phosalone) | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.12 | Other: fungicides | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.15 | Other: herbicides | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.16 | Other: insecticides | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.18 | Other: other | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.20 | Photographic chemicals | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.30 | Other: drugs | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.39 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.44 | Other: other | 6.5% |
| 2934.99.70 | Morpholinoethyl chloride hydrochloride; 2-Methyl-2,5-dioxo-1-oxa-2-phospholan; and (6R-trans)-7-Amino-3-methyl-8-oxo-5- thia-1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]-oct-2-ene-2- carboxylic acid | Free |
| 2934.99.90 | Other: other | 6.5% |