HTS heading · chapter 37
3707
Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use
Analysis
Heading 3707 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form…. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 4 eight-digit tariff lines, with 8 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
3 of its 4 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (75%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3%. The median line pays duty-free.
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 18th percentile of the headings in chapter 37.
The largest subheadings are 3707.90 (other, 3 lines) and 3707.10 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, Chemical, and Copy Toner Manufacturing (325992). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3707.10.00 | Sensitizing emulsions | 3% |
| 3707.90.31 | Chemical preparations for photographic uses: acid violet 19 | Free |
| 3707.90.32 | Chemical preparations for photographic uses: other | Free |
| 3707.90.60 | Unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use | Free |