HTS heading · chapter 38
3810
Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods
Analysis
Heading 3810 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations…. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 4 eight-digit tariff lines, with 4 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
The spread of 6.5 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 6.5%, applies to 3810.90.10 (containing 5 percent or more by weight of one or…).
1 of its 4 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (25%) and 3 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 6.5%. The median line pays 5%.
The largest subheadings are 3810.90 (other, 3 lines) and 3810.10 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (325998). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3810.10.00 | Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials | 5% |
| 3810.90.10 | Containing 5 percent or more by weight of one or more aromatic or modified aromatic substances | 6.5% |
| 3810.90.20 | Consisting wholly of inorganic substances | Free |
| 3810.90.50 | Other: other | 5% |