Analysis
HTS 3808.92.15 covers containing any aromatic or modified aromatic fungicide: other under heading 3808 (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting products and…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 3808.92.24 (maneb; Zineb; Mancozeb; and Metiram), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 6.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 6.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 38 (86th percentile of 179 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $650 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 6.5%. 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 325320 (Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 252 US establishments employing 12,680 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3808.92.05 | Mixtures of dinocap and application adjuvants | Free |
| 3808.92.24 | Maneb; Zineb; Mancozeb; and Metiram | Free |
| 3808.92.28 | Containing any fungicide which is a thioamide, thiocarbamate, dithiocarbamate, thiuram or isothiocyanate: other | 3.7% |
| 3808.92.30 | Containing an inorganic substance | 5% |
| 3808.92.50 | Other: other | 5% |