Analysis
HTS 3808.92.50 covers other: other under heading 3808 (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting products and…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 3808.92.24 (maneb; Zineb; Mancozeb; and Metiram) at duty-free, a difference of 5 points on the customs value.
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 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 3808.92.50.40 for formulated fungicides containing any 3-iodoprop-2-yn-1-yl… and 3808.92.50.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 38 (60th percentile of 179 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 5.0 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3808.92.05 | Mixtures of dinocap and application adjuvants | Free |
| 3808.92.15 | Containing any aromatic or modified aromatic fungicide: other | 6.5% |
| 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% |