3808.93.05

Analysis

HTS 3808.93.05 covers mixtures of 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile and inerts; Mixtures of 3,5-dichloro-N-(1,1-dimethyl-2- propynyl) benzamide (Pronamide) and application adjuvants… under heading 3808 (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, antisprouting products and…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 5% to 6.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 3808.93.15 (containing any aromatic or modified aromatic herbicide…), at 6.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 6.5 percentage points.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 25% of the 179 tariff lines in chapter 38. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.

The other lines in the same group are 3808.93.15 (containing any aromatic or modified aromatic herbicide…, 6.5%), 3808.93.20 (containing an inorganic substance, 5%) and 3808.93.50 (other: other, 5%).

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.