Analysis
HTS 3703.90.60 covers other: other under heading 3703 (photographic paper, paperboard and textiles, sensitized, unexposed).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.1% to 3.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 3703.90.30 (silver halide papers) at 3.7%, a difference of 0.9 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 2.8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 37 (39th percentile of 37 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $280 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 12.5 times the general rate.
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 2.8%. 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 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3703.10.30 | Silver halide papers | 3.7% |
| 3703.10.60 | In rolls of a width exceeding 610 mm: other | 3.1% |
| 3703.20.30 | Silver halide papers | 3.7% |
| 3703.20.60 | Other, for color photography (polychrome): other | 3.1% |
| 3703.90.30 | Silver halide papers | 3.7% |