HTS tariff line · chapter 34
3401.30.10
Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent
Analysis
HTS 3401.30.10 covers containing any aromatic or modified aromatic surface-active agent under heading 3401 (soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to duty-free. The costliest confusion would be with 3401.30.50 (organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the…) at duty-free, a difference of 4 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 34 (74th percentile of 41 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $400 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 4%. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325613 (Surface Active Agent Manufacturing), an industry of 106 US establishments employing 6,174 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3401.11.10 | For toilet use (including medicated products): castile soap | Free |
| 3401.11.50 | For toilet use (including medicated products): other | Free |
| 3401.19.00 | Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, molded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent: other | Free |
| 3401.20.00 | Soap in other forms | Free |
| 3401.30.50 | Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap: other | Free |