HTS tariff line · chapter 38
3824.99.70
Mixtures of dibromo neopentyl glycol; Polydibromophenylene oxide; Tetrabromobisphenol-A-carbonate oligomers; and Electroplating chemical and electroless plating solutions and other materials for printed circuit boards, plastics and metal finishings
Analysis
HTS 3824.99.70 covers mixtures of dibromo neopentyl glycol; Polydibromophenylene oxide; Tetrabromobisphenol-A-carbonate oligomers; and Electroplating chemical and electroless… under heading 3824 (prepared binders for foundry molds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 3824.99.50 (chlorinated but not otherwise halogenated) at 6.5%, a difference of 6.5 points on the customs value.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325199 (All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 894 US establishments employing 77,304 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3824.99.11 | In the form of ingots | Free |
| 3824.99.19 | Cultured crystals (other than optical elements of chapter 90), weighing not less than 2.5 g each: other | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.21 | Consisting wholly of substances found naturally in coal tar, whether obtained from coal tar or other source | Free |
| 3824.99.25 | Aqueous mixtures of triphenyl sulfonium chloride, diphenyl (4-phenylthio)phenyl sulfonium chloride and (thiodi-4,1- phenylene)bis(diphenyl sulfonium) dichloride | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.26 | Benzene, 2,4-diisocyanate-1,3,5-tris(1- methylethyl) homopolymer; 5-Fluoro-2-methyl-1-[[4-(methylsulfinyl)- phenyl]methylene]-1H-indene;Mixtures of dimethyl phthalate, t-butanol, hydrogen peroxide, and sodium salicylate; andMixtures containing derivatives of N-[4-(2- hydroxy-3-phenoxypropoxy)phenyl]- acetamide | Free |
| 3824.99.29 | Mixtures containing 5 percent or more by weight of one or more aromatic or modified aromatic substances: other | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.31 | Mixtures of two or more inorganic compounds: of bismuth | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.32 | Of hydrosulfite compounds, of sulfoxylate compounds, or of both | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.33 | Mixtures of two or more inorganic compounds: of mercury | 4.2% |
| 3824.99.34 | Mixtures of two or more inorganic compounds: of molybdenum | 2.8% |
| 3824.99.35 | Mixtures of two or more inorganic compounds: of tungsten | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.36 | Mixtures of two or more inorganic compounds: of vanadium | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.39 | Mixtures of two or more inorganic compounds: other | Free |
| 3824.99.41 | Fatty substances of animal or vegetable origin and mixtures thereof | 4.6% |
| 3824.99.49 | Mixtures that are in whole or in part of hydrocarbons derived in whole or in part from petroleum, shale oil or natural gas | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.50 | Chlorinated but not otherwise halogenated | 6.5% |
| 3824.99.55 | Mixtures of halogenated hydrocarbons: other | 3.7% |
| 3824.99.75 | Naphthenic acids, their water-insoluble salts and their esters | 3.7% |
| 3824.99.93 | Other: other | 5% |