HTS heading · chapter 38
3801
Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semimanufactures
Analysis
Heading 3801 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semimanufactures. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 7 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
2 of its 5 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (40%) and 3 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4.9%. The median line pays 3.7%.
The largest subheadings are 3801.10 (artificial graphite, 2 lines), 3801.20 (unnamed, 1 line), 3801.30 (unnamed, 1 line) and 3801.90 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 3.7% sits at the 39th percentile of the headings in chapter 38.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing (335991) and All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (327999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3801.10.10 | Plates, rods, powder and other forms, wholly or partly manufactured, for manufacturing into brushes for electric generators, motors or other machines or appliances | 3.7% |
| 3801.10.50 | Artificial graphite: other | Free |
| 3801.20.00 | Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite | Free |
| 3801.30.00 | Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings | 4.9% |
| 3801.90.00 | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semimanufactures: other | 4.9% |