3215.19.10

Analysis

HTS 3215.19.10 covers in engineered shapes, for insertion into apparatus of subheadings 8443.31, 8443.32 or 8443.39 under heading 3215 (printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid).

Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.8% to 1.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 3215.19.90 (other: other) at 1.8%, a difference of 1.8 points on the customs value.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 19% of the 106 tariff lines in chapter 32 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

The other lines in the same group are 3215.19.30 (solid: other, 1.8%) and 3215.19.90 (other: other, 1.8%).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325910 (Printing Ink Manufacturing), an industry of 306 US establishments employing 9,170 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 10% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 10% duty.