Analysis
HTS 2939.79.00 covers other, of vegetal origin: other under heading 2939 (alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other…). 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 2939.80.00 (alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts…), at 6.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 6.5 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 2939.79.00.10 for atropine (INN) and its salts and 2939.79.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 26% of the 1050 tariff lines in chapter 29. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2939.79.00.10 | Atropine (INN) and its salts | kg | |
| 2939.79.00.90 | Other | kg |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2939.11.00 | Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine (INN); codeine, dihydrocodeine (INN), ethylmorphine, etorphine (INN), heroin, hydrocodone (INN), hydromorphone (INN), morphine, nicomorphine (INN), oxycodone (INN), oxymorphone (INN), pholcodine (INN), thebacon (INN) and thebaine; salts thereof | Free |
| 2939.19.10 | Papaverine and its salts | Free |
| 2939.19.20 | Other: synthetic | Free |
| 2939.19.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 2939.20.00 | Alkaloids of cinchona and their derivatives; salts thereof | Free |
| 2939.30.00 | Caffeine and its salts | Free |
| 2939.41.00 | Ephedrine and its salts | Free |
| 2939.42.00 | Pseudoephedrine (INN) and its salts | Free |
| 2939.43.00 | Cathine (INN) and its salts | Free |
| 2939.44.00 | Norephedrine and its salts | Free |
| 2939.45.00 | Levometamfetamine, metamfetamine (INN), metamfetamine racemate and their salts | Free |
| 2939.49.03 | Alkaloids of ephedra and their derivatives; salts thereof: other | Free |
| 2939.51.00 | Fenetylline (INN) and its salts | Free |
| 2939.59.00 | Theophylline and aminophylline (theophylline- ethylenediamine) and their derivatives; salts thereof: other | Free |
| 2939.61.00 | Ergometrine and its salts | Free |
| 2939.62.00 | Ergotamine and its salts | Free |
| 2939.63.00 | Lysergic acid and its salts | Free |
| 2939.69.00 | Alkaloids of rye ergot and their derivatives; salts thereof: other | Free |
| 2939.72.00 | Cocaine, ecgonine; salts, esters and other derivatives thereof | Free |
| 2939.80.00 | Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives: other | 6.5% |