HTS tariff line · chapter 38
3815.12.00
With precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance
Analysis
HTS 3815.12.00 covers with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance under heading 3815 (reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere…). 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 3815.90.10 (of bismuth, of tungsten or of vanadium) at 6.5%, a difference of 6.5 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 3815.12.00.10 for with platinum group metals as the active substance and 3815.12.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 25% of the 179 tariff lines in chapter 38 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3815.12.00.10 | With platinum group metals as the active substance | kg | |
| 3815.12.00.90 | Other | kg |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3815.11.00 | With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance | Free |
| 3815.19.00 | Supported catalysts: other | Free |
| 3815.90.10 | Of bismuth, of tungsten or of vanadium | 6.5% |
| 3815.90.20 | Of mercury or of molybdenum | 2.8% |
| 3815.90.30 | Consisting wholly of inorganic substances: other | Free |
| 3815.90.50 | Other: other | 5% |