3824.82

Analysis

Subheading 3824.82 covers containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls ({PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), within heading 3824. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.

None of its 2 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 3.7% to 6.5% with a median of 5.1%, so the line you choose sets the duty.

The US splits it as follows: 3824.82.10 for chlorinated but not otherwise halogenated (6.5%) and 3824.82.90 for containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated… (3.7%).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Goods only reach 3824.82 once they fall within heading 3824 (prepared binders for foundry molds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.