HTS tariff line · chapter 39
3901.10.50
Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94: other
Analysis
HTS 3901.10.50 covers polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94: other under heading 3901 (polymers of ethylene, in primary forms). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.5%. Compared with 3901.90.10 (other: elastomeric), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 6.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 39 (86th percentile of 236 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 43%, 6.6 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3901.10.10 | Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more | 6.5% |
| 3901.20.10 | Having a relative viscosity of 1.44 or more | 6.5% |
| 3901.20.50 | Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more: other | 6.5% |
| 3901.30.20 | Vinyl acetate-vinyl chloride-ethylene terpolymers, containing by weight less than 50 percent derivatives of vinyl acetate, except those polymerized from aromatic or modified aromatic monomers | Free |
| 3901.30.60 | Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers: other | 5.3% |
| 3901.40.00 | Ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | 6.5% |
| 3901.90.10 | Other: elastomeric | Free |
| 3901.90.55 | Ethylene copolymers | 6.5% |
| 3901.90.90 | Other: other | 6.5% |