Analysis
HTS 3702.56.00 covers of a width exceeding 35 mm 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 metres and square metres.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 3702.98.00 (of a width exceeding 35 mm) at 3.7%, a difference of 3.7 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 3702.56.00.30 for motion-picture film and 3702.56.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 35% of the 37 tariff lines in chapter 37 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325992 (Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing), an industry of 132 US establishments employing 6,258 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
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% |
| 3702.53.00 | Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30 m, for slides | 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 |
| 3702.96.00 | 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% |