HTS chapter · section VI
Chapter 36
Products of the chemical or allied industries
Chapter 36 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sits in section VI (products of the chemical or allied industries). It has 6 headings and 16 eight-digit tariff lines.
The spread of 6.5 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here.
4 of its 16 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (25%) and 12 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 6.5%. The median line pays 2.7%.
The most finely divided heading is 3603 (safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters…), with 6 lines; fine division usually means the rates or the trade statistics differ enough to be worth separating.
2 of its 6 headings are entirely duty-free at the general rate: 3602 (prepared explosives, other than propellant…) and 3605 (matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of…).
The heading with the highest median rate is 3604 (fireworks, signaling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic…) at 5.3%.
Headings
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3601 | Propellant powders | 1 | 0 | 3.25% |
| 3602 | Prepared explosives, other than propellant powders | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 3603 | Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators | 6 | 0 | 1.6% |
| 3604 | Fireworks, signaling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles | 3 | 0 | 5.3% |
| 3605 | Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading 3604 | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 3606 | Ferrocerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible materials as specified in note 2 to this chapter | 4 | 2 | 2.5% |