Analysis
HTS 3204.17.90 covers other: other under heading 3204 (synthetic organic coloring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 18 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.5%. Compared with 3204.17.40 (isoindolenine red pigment; Pigment red 214, 242, 254; Pigment red 149…), 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 32 (77th percentile of 106 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.
The ten-digit suffixes separate pigment blue 15:3, dry, presscake or…, preparations based on pigment blue 15:3, pigment blue 61, pigment green 7, pigment green 36 and pigment red 57:1, dry, presscake or… and 11 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 72%, 11.1 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3204.17.90.02 | Pigment blue 15:3, dry, presscake or aqueous slurry | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.03 | Preparations based on pigment blue 15:3 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.06 | Pigment blue 61 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.10 | Pigment green 7 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.15 | Pigment green 36 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.18 | Pigment red 57:1, dry, presscake or aqueous slurry | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.19 | Preparations based on pigment red 57:1 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.21 | Pigment red 122 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.25 | Pigment red 149 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.30 | Pigment red 179 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.35 | Pigment violet 19 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.40 | Pigment violet 23 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.46 | Pigment yellow 12, dry, presscake or aqueous slurry | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.47 | Preparations based on pigment yellow 12 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.50 | Pigment yellow 13 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.55 | Pigment yellow 74 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.60 | Pigment yellow 75 | kg | 325130 |
| 3204.17.90.86 | Other | kg | 325130 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3204.17.04 | Pigment black 1; Pigment blue 16, 18; Pigment brown 22, 23, 25, 32; Pigment green 8; Pigment orange 31, 34, 36, 51; Pigment red 9, 14, 34, 48:3, 52, 68, 112, 139, 144, 146, 151, 166, 169,170, 171, 175, 176, 177, 180, 185, 188, 192, 199, 208, 209, 216, 220, 221; Pigment violet 32; and Pigment yellow 16, 24, 49, 62:1, 81, 93, 95, 97, 108, 109, 110, 113, 117, 127, 153 | 6.5% |
| 3204.17.08 | Pigment red 178; Pigment yellow 101, 138 | Free |
| 3204.17.20 | Copper phthalocyanine ([Phthalocyanato(2-)]- copper), not ready for use as a pigment | 6.5% |
| 3204.17.40 | Isoindolenine red pigment; Pigment red 214, 242, 254; Pigment red 149 dry and pigment red 149 presscake; and Pigment yellow 155, 183 | Free |
| 3204.17.60 | Products described in additional U.S. note 3 to section VI | 6.5% |