Analysis
HTS 3820.00.00 covers antifreezing preparations and prepared deicing fluids under heading 3820 (antifreezing preparations and prepared deicing fluids).
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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 63%, 9.7 times the general rate.
It is the only US line under subheading 3820.00, 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 3820.00 points straight here.