HTS tariff line · chapter 38
3819.00.00
Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 percent by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
Analysis
HTS 3819.00.00 covers hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 percent by weight of petroleum oils or… under heading 3819 (hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
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.
For statistics it divides in two: 3819.00.00.10 for hydraulic brake fluids and 3819.00.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
It is the only US line under subheading 3819.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 3819.00 points straight here.