HTS tariff line · chapter 37
3702.53.00
Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30 m, for slides
Analysis
HTS 3702.53.00 covers of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30 m, for slides under heading 3702 (photographic film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 3702.97.00 (of a width not exceeding 35 mm and of a length exceeding 30 m), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 37 (74th percentile of 37 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 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 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.7%. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 3702.53.00.30 for 35 mm and 3702.53.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 6.8 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3702.10.00 | Photographic film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed: for X-ray | 3.7% |
| 3702.31.01 | For color photography (polychrome) | 3.7% |
| 3702.32.01 | Other film, without perforations, of a width not exceeding 105 mm: other, with silver halide emulsion | 3.7% |
| 3702.39.01 | Other film, without perforations, of a width not exceeding 105 mm: other | 3.7% |
| 3702.41.01 | Of a width exceeding 610 mm and of a length exceeding 200 m, for color photography (polychrome) | 3.7% |
| 3702.42.01 | Of a width exceeding 610 mm and of a length exceeding 200 m, other than for color photography | 3.7% |
| 3702.43.01 | Of a width exceeding 610 mm and of a length not exceeding 200 m | 3.7% |
| 3702.44.01 | Of a width exceeding 105 mm but not exceeding 610 mm | 3.7% |
| 3702.52.01 | Of a width not exceeding 16 mm | 3.7% |
| 3702.54.00 | Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30 m, other than for slides | 3.7% |
| 3702.55.00 | Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length exceeding 30 m | Free |
| 3702.56.00 | Of a width exceeding 35 mm | Free |
| 3702.96.00 | Of a width not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30 m | 3.7% |
| 3702.97.00 | Of a width not exceeding 35 mm and of a length exceeding 30 m | Free |
| 3702.98.00 | Of a width exceeding 35 mm | 3.7% |